Katie Ledecky

Katie Ledecky earned her 17th world championship by winning the 1500m freestyle at the world swimming championships on Monday.

The 24-year-old Ledecky said she looks forward to working with Nesty’s “outstanding mid-distance and distance training group.”

Out of Team USA’s 113 total medals, women earned 66, men earned 41, and six were from mixed events.

Team USA has definitely earned some bragging rights after winning the most medals overall (113) and the most gold medals (39) at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Here are all the gold medals won by Americans at the Tokyo Games.

Team USA put on a show at the Tokyo Olympics, but these seven stars shined brightest.

At the Tokyo Olympics, athletes like Caeleb Dressel, Katie Ledecky and Bobby Finke helped Team USA win 30 combined swimming medals. See the highlights here.

With variations of red, white and blue designs, these American athletes are using nail art to show off their team spirit during the Tokyo Olympics.

U.S. swimmer Katie Ledecky has embraced her role as a mentor to the younger members of the U.S. swimming team. Find out why it’s important for Ledecky to give back.

We asked the record-setting swimmer to get into the backstory of three random posts.

Katie Ledecky’s historic career is still far from over. After winning gold in the 800m freestyle — her final race in Tokyo — the 24-year-old confirmed she wants to compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics. “That was not my last swim,” Ledecky said. “I’m at least going to ’24, maybe ’28. We’ll see. You never take anything for granted. You…

Katie Ledecky closed out her Tokyo Olympics with another gold medal. Ledecky became the first female swimmer to capture six individual gold medals in her career with a victory in the 800-meter freestyle. Ledecky led all the way in a race she hasn’t lost since 2010. But she was pushed hard by Australian rival Ariarne Titmus, who claimed the silver…

U.S. swimmer Katie Ledecky won gold in the 800m freestyle, becoming the first American woman to win the same Olympic swimming event three times

Caeleb Dressel and Katie Ledecky highlighted another strong night for Team USA in swimming, despite their mixed 4x100m medley relay team finishing off the podium in the last race of the session. Here are all the results from the penultimate night of swimming at the Tokyo Olympics: In the first of Dressel’s three Olympic swims on Friday, he won...

American swimming stars were back in the pool Friday night with both Katie Ledecky and Caeleb Dressel winning another gold medal. Plus the track and field events were in full swing. The race that crowns the world’s fastest woman took place on Day 8 of the Tokyo Olympic Games. While it is certainly the most high-profile race of the day,…

China had a surprise victory in the women’s 4 X 200m freestyle relay, a race that Australia was favored to win and that saw Katie Ledecky bring silver for the United States. Australia fell behind for the bronze.

Katie Ledecky, Allison Schmitt, Katie McLaughlin and Paige Madden won a silver medal for Team USA in the women’s 4x200m freestyle relay.

Caeleb Dressel and Bobby Finke each secured golds as the U.S. swim team earned five more medals on Wednesday night. In search of his first individual medal from the Games, Dressel set an Olympic record while capturing gold in the men’s 100m freestyle. Finke made history by becoming the first men’s Olympic 800m freestyle champion. Meanwhile, Regan Smith and...

Fellow American Erica Sullivan took the silver medal, and German Sarah Köhler earned bronze.

Ariarne Titmus of Australia won the gold medal in the women’s 200m freestyle. Katie Ledecky finished in fifth.

The U.S. swim team picked up four medals for a second straight night on Tuesday, headlined by Katie Ledecky’s win in the women’s 1500m freestyle. Erica Sullivan secured a silver medal in the same final, while Alex Walsh and Kate Douglass finished second and third respectively in the women’s 200m individual medley. Ledecky made history as the first-ever women’s...