With no 1,500, a repeat of Katie Ledecky’s world-record feat won’t be possible in Rio
KAZAN, Russia — Her hair dry, her feet in sneakers, her face free of the red outlines of goggle eyes, and her schedule finally free of racing, Katie Ledecky bopped around Kazan Arena on Sunday afternoon as if land were her natural habitat. It had been a full 22 hours since she was last in the water, but as heads turned everywhere she went, it was clear that minds were still being transported back to those astonishing last 50 meters in Saturday night’s 800-meter freestyle, when Ledecky finally and completely turned it loose.Read full article >>