15-Year-Old Katie Ledecky's 🇺🇸 First Olympic Race!

US-American swimming star Katie Ledecky is a five-time Olympic gold medallist! She made her Olympic debut at the 2012 London Olympic Games. 15-year-old Ledecky qualified to swim in the final of the women's 800-meter freestyle by placing third overall in the heats with a time of 8:23.84. The rest was history!


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[JeffSmith-eqkc]

It's amazing how controlled she was. She knew the time it would take and I'm sure she was spot on that time. She shut in down when she needed to preserve energy and then she went 8 seconds faster in the final. So smart at that age.

[bpxlyewz]

Wow such a long race. It kept going on and on every time I thought it was the last lap. Congratulations to her!

[dylansmith]

She’s a true gem! Can’t wait for her to bring home more Gold in Tokyo!

[kimweidner]

Incredible race, I remember it well. I was hurting from lactic acid just watching her. LOL 😆

[josemelvillegarcera]

she worked her way from being a winner to becoming the greatest...

[areebaahmed]

Congratulations Katie ❤️
I want to be an Olympic swimmer too I will one day just like u🤞🏻

[spongeboy]

I remember watching this and being floored and thinking that she was going to be huge in 2016.

[jetjet]

How can people swim for that long, far and fast🤯

[SwimMechanics]

What is interesting about this video from 2012 is the evolution of her kick; she still swims the same at the front end, but has changed her backend. She now uses a 2 beat, 1 beat, and surge point kick.

[lostnfoundhistory]

Pretty amazing when you see her 1500 meter times now. She’s just kept getting faster

[tamarathornton]

She's like the Energizer Bunny! She keeps going and going and going...

[katherinesire]

Katie is an amazing swimmer and such and inspiration to me

[alexbronynerfman]

Ledecky with an biggest Olympic upset in dramatic fashion

[rae]

Is this even fair how she is instantly pulling away from the field like THIS

[maghatch]

where do these guys get their Stamina from😱😱🤯

[kol_isha]

@Olympics: Why is this video no longer available? Was so excited to watch Ledecky's previous races again -- and I'm finding that they're no longer here. Can you please make them available again?