Katie Ledecky cruised to another dominating win in her signature event, the 1,500m freestyle, at the U.S. Olympic trials in Indianapolis on Wednesday, while teenager Thomas Heilman became the youngest American man to make the squad in 24 years.
FILE PHOTO: Jun 18, 2024; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Katie Ledecky swims during the women's 1500 meter freestyle prelims during U.S. Olympic Team Swimming Trials at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mykal McEldowney-USA TODAY Sports
"I was pretty excited coming into tonight, would have wanted to swim a little faster but I'll take it," said Ledecky her time just .01 second off her gold medal winning time at the Tokyo Summer Games."I'll be better in a few weeks. Torri Huske touched second ahead of Gretchen Walsh and Simone Manuel, the first Black woman to win an individual Olympic swimming gold medal at the 2016 Rio Games.Minutes later, Heilman had another big crowd of more than 20,000 at Lucas Oil Stadium back on its feet, the 17-year-old punching his ticket to Paris by winning the 200m butterfly in 1:54.50.
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