Record-Setting Crowd Watches Katie Ledecky Dominate At U.S. Swim Trials

Historical past was made as soon as once more in Indianapolis … as a record-setting crowd was available Wednesday night time to look at the U.S. Olympic Crew Trials — which included a giant night time from swimming celebrity Katie Ledecky!!

The group introduced the huge, 22,209-fan turnout at Lucas Oil Stadium … which edged out the earlier attendance document set on the primary day of the occasion — 20,689 spectators.

These followers had the privilege of watching the GOAT of ladies’s swimming do her factor. The 27-year-old dominated, per traditional … crushing her competitors within the 1500-meter swim. Katie completed with a time of 15:37.35 … and second place completed 20 seconds later!!

Whereas beating the competitors by that a lot time is already a formidable feat for any swimmer, Ledecky advised NBC Sports activities after the race she thought she may have executed higher!!

“I was pretty excited coming into tonight,” she stated. “I would have loved to have been a little faster, but I’ll take it. I’ll be better in a few weeks.”

Enjoyable truth — Ledecky holds the 19 quickest instances EVER within the occasion … and Wednesday night time’s efficiency was her Sixteenth-best time. So yeah, she really CAN do higher, which is loopy.

It marked her third win on the trials … as she additionally took residence first within the 200-meter and the 400-meter freestyle swims.

The GOAT has another occasion to happen in — the 800-meter freestyle — and we take it there will probably be loads of followers there to get a glimpse of some extra greatness from the remainder of the sector as effectively.