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Ledecky devices sights on Paris Olympics after Tokyo success (0: 37)
Katie Ledecky says she’s planning to compete in her fourth Olympics after a success four medals in Tokyo. (0: 37)
Katie Ledecky, one among the most embellished swimmers in historical past, will be part of the College of Florida as a volunteer swimming coach, the faculty offered Wednesday.
The announcement is moreover telling as a long way as Ledecky’s future plans.
To boot to serving to out with Florida’s swimming and diving program, Ledecky will say with Florida head coach Anthony Nesty for the 2024 Summer season Olympics in Paris. Nesty used to be as an assistant coach for Personnel USA at the Tokyo Olympics over the summer.
“The suggestions and abilities that Katie brings to the pool are unparalleled,” Nesty acknowledged in an announcement. “To boot to her obvious excellence as a swimmer, Katie is to take into accounta good one who will manufacture a huge affect on the pupil-athletes here. Katie’s values are in total alignment with the Florida program, and we’re so inflamed to contain her be part of the Gators as she continues to coach for the 2024 Olympics.”
Ledecky had trained at Stanford beneath coach Greg Meehan since her freshman season there in 2016.
“Stanford has been my 2d dwelling for the final 5 years,” Ledecky posted on Instagram. “This will at all times contain a spellbinding situation in my coronary heart.”
“Having accomplished my faculty level this three hundred and sixty five days, I’m moving east to be closer to dwelling and family,” Ledecky, 24, acknowledged in her post on her circulate to Gainesville. “I’ve decided to coach at the College of Florida with Coach Anthony Nesty and the prominent mid-distance and distance coaching neighborhood there. I’m taking a gawk forward to the alternatives and challenges that lie forward in the next phase of my swimming occupation.”
Ledecky is a 10-time Olympic medalist with seven golds. She won gold in the 800-meter and 1,500-meter freestyles in Tokyo, moreover to silver medals in the 400-meter and 4×200-meter freestyle events. Her six particular person gold medals are extra than any other female Personnel USA athlete won in any sport.
