Katie Ledecky crushes field once again in 1500m freestyle, adding to Olympic legacy | NBC Sports

She finished her shower before the last swimmer touched the wall

She's incredible! 🐐🥇💯🥳

🎉❤❤❤❤❤you are the best and the mos humble person

GOAT 🐐 🫡

dude now swimming in womens class

It’s like watching Secretariat in the water

This "lady" sure looks like Lia Thomas. Better shave a little. 😂😂😂

Class act! Way to goooooo Katie!!!

She beat her own Olympic record by just over 5 seconds!

Her kicking strategy is so unique, I’ve never seen swimming like that before. Also loved all the other Olympians in the crowd cheering her on

She's amazing!

Swimming legend

Simply the best. It has to be a real mind game with her competition when they all realize we're swimming for the silver guys cuz Katie's already got the gold. Top 20 1500 times and She owns them all all. My word what a fantastic athlete. Thanks Katie for being on the US team

Wow, We stand up for you 🇺🇸 You ALL make us 👏 🥲

Is this one actually a woman? Or no? Who even watches the Olympics anymore? People in airports?

Thought this was gonna be that trans dude that swept the women’s swimming that one time

Google WADA's top doping countries
country sample tested positive cases %
1. India 4064 127 3.26
2. South Africa 4169 80 2.04
3. Thailand 3402 65 1.93
4. USA 3854 61 1.58

This is just the most incredible thing to witness. It never gets old.

Ledecky is amazing!

Absolute beast. Incredible performance.

Katie Ledecky is in a league of her own.

What a beast!! USA!

You're amazing Katie. You are going to inspire so many new swimmers to the sport. To think we have two absolute legends in swimming and the Olympics in the span of 20 years is truly remarkable. This might be the golden age of American swimming.

The Chanp is here

red face

This is the human equivalent of Secretariat at the Belmont.

GOAT!!!!

Congratulations!!! Go USA!!!

She, like Simone Biles, is in a class all her own! The newest GOATS are female

There is no superlative that is adequate to express her greatness.

Know what's crazy? Katie Ledecky crosses in 1st, camera cuts to everyone celebrating, by the time that camera cuts back to Katie Ledecky, the second place swimmer hadn't crossed the finish line yet.

Of course it's Katie Ledecky. It's always her

She looks so graceful underwater. Cruzn like a dolphin. So cool.

That's one of the greatest Olympic performances of all time. Incredible.

late in the race when she is Making Her Turns and It looks like It's just her out there .. That's Some Special stuff...

Did anyone notice the purple face after the race? And I want to know if she has ever been tested by WADA (not USADA) lately. Further, it must be revealed to the public if she has taken any banned substance with medical immunity, as a lot of American atheletes are known to have in the past (see 2016 breach of WADA data file by hackers group).

It's been 5 days.
Why does this only have 3.5k likes?
She is amazing!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
That's 9❤ for Nine Gold 🏅!!!

Terrible editing! Why?!?!

Man her turns are so smooth and graceful

Wow

She swims faster than i run!!!!

This is a woman who HAS ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD her assignment. The only one to keep breaking her own records several times over while winning and whipping the competition in the meanwhile. God's facor all over that woman. My goodness!!

She's an absolute machine. Incredible to watch.

That was too easy for her

I love watching her swim because it barely looks like she's swimming. Just gliding through the water.

Awesomeness!!

Das a Man!

This is basically a race to see who will win second.

This needs more recognition. This is an insane gap!