{"id":2268563,"date":"2024-06-15T15:19:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-15T19:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-gold-incoming-watch-decorated-u-s-olympian-utterly-dominate-the-competition\/"},"modified":"2024-06-15T15:21:18","modified_gmt":"2024-06-15T19:21:18","slug":"more-gold-incoming-watch-decorated-u-s-olympian-utterly-dominate-the-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-gold-incoming-watch-decorated-u-s-olympian-utterly-dominate-the-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Will More Gold Follow? See Decorated U.S. Olympian Overpower Rivals"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmore-gold-incoming-watch-decorated-u-s-olympian-utterly-dominate-the-competition%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2268563&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Katie Ledecky excelled\u200c at the U.S.\u2063 Olympic swimming trials, held at Lucas Oil Stadium, home of the NFL\u2019s Indianapolis Colts. During the preliminaries of the \u200b400-meter freestyle, she led with \u2064a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-sends-530-million-to-two-massachusetts-ev-companies\/\" title=\"Biden Sends 0 Million to Two Massachusetts EV Companies\">remarkable time<\/a> of 3:59.99, nearly five seconds ahead \u200bof her closest competitor, Paige Madden. This performance positioned Ledecky as a predominant favorite for making her fourth Olympic team. The trials, \u200cscheduled \u2064over nine days, also featured other \u200ctop performers \u2062like Gretchen Walsh, who led in the women\u2019s 100 butterfly prelims. Ledecky, who is competing in several freestyle events, is \u200dalready a six-time Olympic gold medalist and aims to extend her \u2063record in Paris. The\u2062 event saw\u2064 significant talent as the top athletes advanced \u2063to the crucial \u200dfinals and semifinals.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>    <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/ap-reports\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/ap-reports\/%20\"><span>The Associated Press<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 15, 2024 at 10:06am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Katie Ledecky got off to a rousing start Saturday at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials.<\/p>\n<p>Competing in the home stadium of the NFL\u2019s Indianapolis Colts, Ledecky blew away the field in the preliminaries of the 400-meter freestyle, touching the wall with a time of 3 minutes, 59.99 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Ledecky finished nearly five seconds ahead of Paige Madden, who was next fastest at 4:04.83. The top eight advanced to the evening final, with Ledecky an overwhelming favorite to claim a spot on her fourth <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/another-lawmaker-calling-athlete-snubbed-flag-removed-us-olympic-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Olympic team.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 400 was the first of four freestyle events that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/teammate-trans-swimmer-dominating-womens-circuit-speaks-particularly-ridiculous\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ledecky<\/a> is set to swim in Indianapolis, where the trials are being held in one end of the massive Lucas Oil Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The domed facility can hold up to 32,000 fans per session, though it wasn\u2019t close to that figure for the opening morning of the nine-day trials.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old Ledecky came into the trials with the top-seeded time in the 200, 400, 800 and 1,500 freestyle events.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Are you excited for the Olympics this year?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>She already has six individual Olympic gold medals \u2014 more than any female <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trans-swimmer-lia-thomas-olympics-hopes-crushed-court-decision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">swimmer<\/a> in the history of the sport \u2014 and she\u2019ll be looking to add to that haul in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>In other events during the first session of the trials, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/i\/status\/1802006165460533582\">Gretchen Walsh<\/a> was the top qualifier in the prelims of the women\u2019s 100 butterfly with an impressive time of 55.94, beating out Torri Huske (56.26) and Regan Smith (56.68).<\/p>\n<p>The top 16 advanced to the evening semifinals.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WHAT A SWIM FROM GRETCHEN WALSH! \ud83d\ude24<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcfa <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peacock?\">@peacock<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SwimTrials24?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SwimTrials24<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JPwfYS3OqH\">pic.twitter.com\/JPwfYS3OqH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBC Olympics &#038; Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCOlympics\/status\/1802006165460533582?\">June 15, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On the men\u2019s side, Nic Fink led the way in the prelims of the 100 breaststroke at 59.24.<\/p>\n<p>Josh Matheny (59.34), Charlie Swanson (59.44), Jake Foster (59.59) and Michael Andrew (59.72) also made it down and back in less than a minute.<\/p>\n<p>Luke Whitlock was the top qualifier in the men\u2019s 400 free at 3:46.42.<\/p>\n<p>Olympic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fbi-hit-1-billion-worth-lawsuits-90-women-including-olympic-gold-medalists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">medalists<\/a> Kieran Smith and Bobby Finke also advanced to the evening final, with Smith posting the sixth-fastest time (3:48.25) and Finke claiming the last of eight spots (3:48.63).<\/p>\n<p>The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<div id=\"author-info-44902\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/ap-reports\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44902\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44902\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44902\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44902\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Associated Press is an independent, not-for<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-case-involving-trump-17-house-democrats-and-the-biden-administration\/\" title=\"Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case Involving Trump, 17 House Democrats, and the Biden Administration\">-profit news cooperative headquartered<\/a> in New York City. 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