Monday Morning Video: Katie Ledecky Breaks Another World Record!

Earlier in the week, I shared the truly awesome footage of 16 year old Marylander Katie Ledecky breaking the world record in the 1500 free at the FINA World Championships.

Worlds wrapped up on Sunday, but not before Ledecky broke another record in the 800 free.  With that, she has won every Olympic and World Championships event she's competed in--the gold in the 800 m free in London, and gold in the 4x200 free relay, 400 free, 800 free, and 1500 free in Barcelona.  Truly amazing.  So, let's take a look at her world record in her signature event, the 800!



Also, she is such a class act in how she interacts with her predecessors and competitors.

@janetevans thanks Janet!!
— Katie Ledecky (@katieledecky) August 3, 2013

A very sweet and emotional moment for me as @katieledecky has just given me her flowers that she got on the podium pic.twitter.com/iLTaFzFtL4
— Rebecca Adlington (@BeckAdlington) August 3, 2013

And with her toughest competitor in the 800 and 1500:

@lottefriis great swimming Lotte!

— Katie Ledecky (@katieledecky) August 4, 2013

And as is often the case, Mike Gustafson sums it up perfectly.

Katie Ledecky's legacy: Swimming so fast that NBC can't cut to commercial throughout an entire 800 free.

— Mike Gustafson (@mikelgustafson) August 3, 2013

Team Goldfish Tweets of the Week: FINA World Championships Edition!

I LOVE watching elite level swimming.  So, if you've been missing the FINA World Championships (which includes pool and open water swimming, diving, synchro and water polo), I highly recommend you check it out.  Thus far there have been some amazing swims! It's amazing, inspirational, and humbling to know that the world's best swimmers can cover distances 2-4 times faster than I can.

Seriously, the DC area's own Katie Ledecky just broke the world record in the 1500 meters in 15:36.53.  My personal best in the same distance is more than double that at 32:01.  This swim is so amazing, you really need to watch the condensed version of it!





So in honor of World Championships, we have a theme for "tweets of the week."

My homegirls Eve and Candace hit the nail on the head:

If Katie Ledecky is NOT on Sports Center it will be an American tragedy.
— Eve and Candace (@EveandCandace) July 30, 2013

Jimmy Feigen was the anchor in the 4x100 men's relay where France pulled the upset and out-touched the USA by .24 seconds.  Liked how he addressed disappointment and turned it into motivation in less than 140 characters!

Sometimes you win the race and sometimes the race wins you. Proud of my team USA teammates today looking forward to tomorrow #bettereachday
— James Jimmy Feigen (@JimmyFeigen) July 28, 2013

Wisdom from Salvador Dali via Team USA member Jessica Hardy:

The 2013 World Championships start today, Ready to get the fun started!!!! (Had to post a Barcelona-appropriate quot… http://t.co/uMF1tKnuBR
— Jessica Hardy (@swimhardy) July 28, 2013

I wish this was possible!

I want Rowdy Gaines to commentate my life. Everything would be much more exciting. "He's making COFFEE, Dan! He really nailed that pour!"
— Mike Gustafson (@mikelgustafson) July 28, 2013