Katie Ledecky Is Timeless, But Her World Record Further Mythologizes Her Past

By Yanyan Li on SwimSwam
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Who remembers where they were when Katie Ledecky broke the women’s 800-meter freestyle world record at the 2016 Olympic Games?
I, for one, was in middle school when it happened. I had just landed in the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport around 2 a.m. local time after a late-night flight and was sitting in the car rental area as my parents tried to figure out transportation