Katie Ledecky became the most decorated female Olympic swimmer of all time while Kate Douglass finally captured her first individual gold
The United States' Claire Weinstein, from left, Katie Ledecky and Paige Madden react as they win the silver medal in the women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay on Tuesday night.The United States' Claire Weinstein, from left, Katie Ledecky and Paige Madden react as they win the silver medal in the women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay on Tuesday night.
“It’s just amazing to get to be a part of even one-thirteenth of the journey that she’s been on,” Gemmell said. “It’s so much more fun to be on a relay than to be by yourself and we just had a great time out there tonight.” “I feel like it was kind of just a long time coming,” Douglass said. “This whole year I’ve been training and physically preparing for this exact race. Just kind of seeing it all come together and sticking to my race plan, I was just so excited to see that I’d gone first and an American record too. I feel like it’s a surreal moment. I don’t know if all of the emotions have set in yet.”
“If this had happened three years ago I would have been gutted and it would have affected my mental health for a long time. And it did. I was struggling after Tokyo for a long time.
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