I wonder how many anti dopping tests she has to go through to prove she's just THAT good, no cheating. I've never seen something this amazing in swimming.

@roddo1955

4 жыл бұрын

Succesful athletes get tested ALL.THE.TIME. Unfortunately you can never really test enough. An athlete is clean until they decide not to be. If they never get caught; that means they're always clean. I'm glad they test so rigourously and glad that Katy's have proven to be clean.

@jeramiahmcneece9992

4 жыл бұрын

Steriods I dont think would help muscle would pull you down.

@dohcsmr1175

3 жыл бұрын

Steroids do NOT help you athletically. PED’s help RECOVERY time so one can train harder. If Miss Ledecky took male hormones she would look like the Jamaican female sprinter. What the IOC looks for is a product called EPO. EPO help process oxygen. A traditional male muscle enhancing Steriod would hurt KL’s time. Mass is not conducive to fast times in the pool. KL is a genetic freak and highly intelligent. Understands the training necessary to swim at this level. 5 to 7 thousand calories every day to maintain her stamina. And most importantly she trains mostly with men. And she has been known to break more than a few men in the pool. A colossal athlete regardless of gender.

BATTLE???? 75 meter separation is NOT a battle!!!!!

@Potatoes_-

3 жыл бұрын

Yup

That must be really discouraging to see her coming back from the opposite direction...

Katie Ledecky is a machine and no one can touch her!

I can't understand how this isn't shown as the most dominating moments in sports history??? She lapped another swimmer!!! That was fucking incredible!!!

@stephenbeck7222

3 жыл бұрын

5th fastest in history…the 4 quicker times are all her.

Straight up monster! I skipped to each consecutive :30 mark. She just kept increasing the lead each minute. Incredible! Greatest female swimmer of all time.

I could only dream of doing a 200 at that pace lol

@AbbyH767

4 жыл бұрын

Right? I'm pretty sure her slowest split was faster than my 50 free LCM haha 😭

Katie Absolutely amazing. Hard training and hard work paying off. USA swimmers can be test at will 24 x 7 so they are focused on swimming clean.

No times in the commentary And no visible clock! Come on USA Swimming.... Also, the title should be corrected to read: Katie Ledecky battles herself, and everyone else battles to not get lapped (!)

@ASD128London

4 жыл бұрын

10 seconds faster than the world championship gold medal time in 2019!

@roddo1955

4 жыл бұрын

I was about to watch it. But without a clock. What's the point.

@ASD128London

4 жыл бұрын

@@roddo1955 start your own stopwatch at around 1.26 into the video when the race begins.

what a battle

This is a battle? Katie Ledecky is so far ahead of Smith that she almost lapped her. No disrespect intended, but it wasn't close.

@danerobbable

4 жыл бұрын

she was 100 meters ahead. no race.

@mayarobinson3841

4 жыл бұрын

That is fax they were like this is a good battle

Everyone did amazing! Of course, Ledecky held strong and moved steady yet fast. So inspirational!

Slightly misleading title

She makes me think that swimming becoming my dream is actually possible❤️

Love Katie!!!!She is amazing ❤️❤️❤️

I like that the local commentator is calling out to the audience to encourage them to make some noise!

This is amazing

Let's just take a moment to give the ladies in 5 and 6th place some love.... Their miles were insanely fast but no one is like paying any attention to them even tho they are some of the fastest milers in the nation 🏊‍♀️💞 Swimming in Katie's shadow can't be easy, so GOOD JOB ELISE BAUER AND AURORA ROGHAIR!!! anybody else with me!?

@Austin-jq5yn

3 жыл бұрын

Late but yes!

Absolutely amazing.

Congratulation Katie. You are a good swimmer.Regards from Ecuador.

She is still amazing!!!

Well done Katie. Can't wait to see you swim in Japan.

@mayarobinson3841

4 жыл бұрын

Sadly there is no 2020 Olympics

@joequillun7790

4 жыл бұрын

@@mayarobinson3841 Isn't it awful. The work these young adults have put into their training, only to have it taken away, for political reasons. Such a shame.

@mayarobinson3841

4 жыл бұрын

I feel really bad for them

is no one gonna talk about lane fives counter?

@evettecruise5214

4 жыл бұрын

I think someone mentioned on a broadcast that when alllowed some swimmers prefer the counter to show how many lengths remain.

@reyflores7822

4 жыл бұрын

counting downwards is not wrong

@kyragorman3017

4 жыл бұрын

@@evettecruise5214 sorry i didn't know you could do that

@kyragorman3017

4 жыл бұрын

@@reyflores7822 sorry didn't know you could do that

What a powerful swimmer!

It's a video: telling us who's first and second is no info at all. Announcing the splits were would have been useful. Yes, there's an on-screen timer; but it's only cumulative. If you deem that sufficient, why was there an announcer at all? (At least, she should have had a stopwatch!)

@stephenbeck7222

3 жыл бұрын

The announcer is on-site speaking to the crowd. There is probably a time board somewhere in the room just not in view of the camera. I would think USA swimming could afford to put the graphics on their published videos but I guess not.

I remember Mark Spitz swimming like this!

In this video it is useful to note: Katie DOES kick and part of her power is the down kick timed so well with her forward catch on the same side of her body.

"it's not about the speed it's about the distance" -katie ledecky

Totally Cool Katie.

it must be sooooo lonely to be sooooooo fast. No one to swim with. She is terrific!

The battle was with herself

This was a nonstop thrill ride

She is so fast!

that thumbnail is not Katie Ledecky. cmon usa swimming

How is it even possible to swim for 15 mins non stop? my body doesn't understand it

yeah katie! :D

Omgggg the girl in the second lane is where u swim in the Marlins in cf

@angelincano6954

3 жыл бұрын

I

No underwater camera?

LETSSS GOOO NCAP (nations captial swim club)

lettss go

Ledecky time!!!

My God

21st like and amazing swim

@thebrownmansjourney2364

4 жыл бұрын

No time and split display?

I know all of them are pros but, Ledecky makes them look like amateurs. Awesome. Sorry, Kristel. It was a tough race.

She lapped the swimmer in lane 1 and 2 and still passed them

The moment Katie entered the water she's already a foot ahead of the next swimmer. The other 5 girls already lost and it's not even 1 lap yet lmao.

I did the same event today and got 22.21.23 how do they do it?? Then again I'm 14 so...

@rickbruner5525

4 жыл бұрын

At 15 Ledecky won the 800m Gold Medal at the 2012 London Olympics with a time of 8:14.63, which was then the 2nd fastest women's 800m of all time

what are numbers they put in water in front of the swimmers?

@rickbruner5525

4 жыл бұрын

Laps swam...or in some cases laps remaining the swimmer can choose

Me and my brothers subscribed to this channel bcoz we love swimming.. we are 11,9,8 yrs old.. hope you watch our swimming videos inspired by this channel..

What are the numbers that they drop down when the end a lap?

@stephenbeck7222

3 жыл бұрын

Lap counters. 50 m is one lap so this race has 30 laps. I think they only do that for the 800 and 1500 races because they’re long enough that even a professional swimmer may not be able to keep an internal clock for how much more they have to swim.

Like Secretariat in the ‘73 Belmont....”she is moving like a TREMENDOUS MACHINE!!!”

Ledecky battles who?

Incredible, she lapped three swimmers.

katie leperry is so fast

"Battles"

🇨🇱

A Ledecky le agarra hipotermia esperando que terminen las rivales

That girl in lane 6 doing everything she can to avoid getting lapped.

Only Ledecky can beat Ledecky.

anyone notice at @3:57 in the lane next to ledecky they put in the wrong lap number lol

To think that in 2019 when Katie was sick, Leah actually beat her a few times, lol

keep in mind the others are propheshional champions.

where is her competition? makes it hard for her cos she’s only racing her other times.

yeah not bad, she's only exactly twice as fast as me

I have never seen someone lap someone else... This is insane.

Katie is 6 foot tall and fast. Obviously very skilled but height definitely helps.

Not really a battle

Czech snowboard gold medalist slalom gold medalist Ester Ledecka. Athletic family.

Someone forgot to tell her it wasn’t a sprint

Great! Faster than my mike time in sc.

Going by STROKE COUNT PER 1 LENGTH OF THE 50 meter pool, it's 40 strokes for Ledecky! I hate to see HOW MANY the top male swimmers do FOR THIS RACE.

@BG-id2cv

4 жыл бұрын

Kerin Perkins in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics Gold medal for the 1500 also had 40 strokes per 50 meter lap. Although not 1500 m, but 800 m, Ian Thorpe when he swam his 800 m World Record in 2001 had, would you believe, 28 strokes per 50 meter lap! Have a look, it is mind blowing! No doubt that when he came out of retirement in 2012, he should have gone for the 1500 not the 100. Did not make sense...you don't sprint quicker the older you get.

What's it like to swim for15 minutes that hard and know you have no chance to win against Ledecky? Yikes😩

Leah Smith has such a bad stroke...swimming a 1500 with straight arms, like cmon

Imagine getting LAPPED.

This is not a race!

@MabelJ47

3 жыл бұрын

You're right, it was a waterslide!

HARAM HARAM

Doped to the gills

@bagelized

4 жыл бұрын

Doug Raddi Aw, sure. She can’t actually be that great. I mean, yeah, she’s trained her entire life in the pool but nah. She dopes to break world records.

@dougraddi908

4 жыл бұрын

@@bagelized took you a spell to figure it out

@lejf57

4 жыл бұрын

She has never failed a drug test so you couldn't be more wrong.

@dougraddi908

4 жыл бұрын

@@lejf57 money talks... Ow right down Broadway with that

juiced juiced juiced

@lejf57

4 жыл бұрын

She has never failed a drug test so you couldn't be more wrong.

@joequillun7790

4 жыл бұрын

Juiced? Prove it.

Was it Ledecky battles to try to LAP Smith???? For God's sake USA swimming.....you get enough money to do this MUCH better.

to swim like these top ladies require really hard work, talent and performance enhanced drugs

@Swimmer97654

4 жыл бұрын

Start Visit just simply hard work

@derblindesanchez7250

4 жыл бұрын

@@Swimmer97654 and performance enhanced drugs.

@ASD128London

4 жыл бұрын

@@derblindesanchez7250 No. There is evidence in case of Sun Yang, but there is not in the case of these ladies.

@derblindesanchez7250

4 жыл бұрын

@@ASD128London There is also no evidence because the USADA is not looking for it. But I can say without a doubt that most professional athletes dope. If the performance is "inhumane", you don't need laboratory evidence. There was no laboratory evidence in the Armstrong case either, although all scientific data clearly showed that his accomplishments were inhumane. One cannot explain these achievements with "hard training". There is infinite doping in the NBA, but the players are banned especially when they have smoked marijuana. A joke. But, it's true that by the same "doping" always wins the one who is more talented and better trained.

@ASD128London

4 жыл бұрын

@@derblindesanchez7250 I do not agree that these performances are inhumane. Who are you to say what human can achieve? Secondly USADA are looking for it, but moreover they are not the only ones. Thirdly if you state things without a doubt in your mind, it does not convince others unless you give evidence. Fourthly the fact that NBA players are banned for smoking marijuana is completely irrelevant.