Katie Ledecky qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics with a predictably dominant 400 freestyle win at U.S. trials
Katie Ledecky is officially headed to Paris later this summer.
The 27-year-old distance swimmer made her fourth Olympic team after winning the women’s 400-meter freestyle final in predictably dominant fashion Saturday night at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
She’ll be just the eighth American swimmer to compete in four Olympic Games and the fifth American woman, as she looks to add to her already impressive 10 Olympic medals.
On the first day of U.S. Olympic swimming trials, Ledecky clocked a 3:58.35 time in the 400 final after swimming a 3:59.99 prelims race earlier in the day. Her finals time also broke a U.S. trials record, per USA Swimming.
Paige Madden finished second with a time of 4:02.08 in the mid-distance race and should be the second U.S. swimmer in the event in Paris.
KATIE LEDECKY.
She's headed to her fourth Olympics after another dominant performance in the 400m free!#SwimTrials24 pic.twitter.com/O9SxBSZxSP
— NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) June 16, 2024
It was the first of four events Ledecky is entered in, along with the 200 freestyle, 800 freestyle and 1,500 freestyle. She’s the world record holder in the 800 and 1,500, and if she keeps racing like this, she’s all but guaranteed to qualify for Paris in at least two more events.