“Just Getting Started”: As Australian Champion Beats Katie Ledecky in a Historic Upset, the Latter Drops a Message

American prodigy Katie Ledecky has been dominating swimming for quite some time now. She has been an Olympic swimmer since she was merely 15 years old. In her career, she has amassed accolades that prove her prowess beyond any doubt. With 7 Olympic gold medals and 14 individual long-course world titles, Ledecky is considered to be the most decorated female swimmer. Therefore, when the World Aquatics Championships came around this year, it is no surprise that fans had high hopes for her.

However, the World Championships did not have the beginning for Katie Ledecky that she expected. As the gun went off at the start, Ledecky gave it her all. Sadly, she was defeated by the reigning Olympic champion in 400m, Ariarne Titmus. The Australian snatched the gold medal from Ledecky and broke the women’s 400m world record while she was at it. It might have been disappointing for Ledecky. Nonetheless, the swimming champion took it all in stride.

Not all is over for Katie Ledecky yet

When the teenage Ledecky made her debut at the 2012 London Olympics, the world had an inkling she was going to become someone special in swimming. After leaving a trail of gold medals and world records in her wake, that is exactly what happened. However, the 2023 World Aquatics Championships 2023 brought second place and a silver for the 26-year-old, instead of a gold. Turns out, that has not been an obstacle for her.

Katie Ledecky is ready to move forward and focus on her future. While sharing an Instagram post containing a picture with her silver medal, she wrote, “Day 1 400 free in the books. Happy with my swim! Always an honor to rep @usaswimming and pick up a medal for the team, we’re just getting started here”. She also congratulated the other participants, and hyped them up while saying, “Four sub-4 swims in one race and congrats @ariarnetitmus_ on the record swim”. Ledecky revealed her next goal in competitive swimming, and said, “Ready to get going on some distance with the 1500 up next!”

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Katie Ledecky might not be the 400m queen currently, but it seems like she is okay with the fact for now. In the 400m women’s freestyle, Ariarne Titmus won with a world record time of 3:55.38. However, Ledecky was not far behind. She came in second with a time 3.35 seconds more than Titmus. According to ESPN, Ledecky has already anticipated that the world record would be broken. She said, “I think you could see a world record coming. Once a couple of people do something, more people start doing it.” Now, she is preparing to overcome the next challenge.

The American champion looks forwards rather than backward

Katie Ledecky has managed to impress the world in the 1500m category before. While competing at the FINA Swimming World Cup in Toronto last year, she posted a time of 15:08.24, faster than anyone before. She was almost 40 seconds ahead of the runner-up, which is ages in competitive swimming. This year, she stunned in the women’s 1500m freestyle at the 2-23 U.S. National Championships after getting a time of 15:29.64 and winning her heat by 29 seconds.

After the win, Katie Ledecky achieved a stupendous feat and made history. The top 15 fastest times in the women’s 1500m freestyle are now all owned by Ledecky. This means, no other woman in the history of the category has been as fast as her ever before. With statistics like this, it is not surprising that she is confident that she will make a comeback with the 1500m event, a category she has historically dominated.

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