Seven-time Olympic champion Katie Ledecky aims to join the great Michael Phelps by winning a fourth consecutive gold medal in the same event at the Paris Olympics this summer.
The American swimmer first captured the 800m freestyle gold at the 2012 London Olympics at just 15 years old.
Her 800m freestyle victories in Rio and Tokyo are among the 10 Olympic medals she has won.
In Paris, she will have the chance to join Phelps as the only swimmers to win four consecutive gold medals in the same Olympic event.
At the US Olympic swim trials in Indianapolis on Saturday, Ledecky made history by becoming the first woman to win four titles at a single trials, achieving a blistering 800m freestyle victory.
Holder of the fastest swim in that event 16 times in the world, she finished in eight minutes and 14.12 seconds, more than six seconds ahead of her nearest challenger.
This means she will aim to extend her Olympic medal tally by competing in the 400m freestyle, 800m freestyle, 1500m freestyle, and the 4x200m freestyle relay in Paris.
“It’s time to get back to work. Got to get ready for Paris,” she said.
Among those joining Ledecky in Paris will be Caeleb Dressel, who won five golds in Tokyo but took a break from the sport in 2022. He won the men’s 100m butterfly on Saturday, adding to Friday’s 50m freestyle victory.
Kate Douglass has booked her place in the women’s 200m individual medley, 200m breaststroke and 100m freestyle following a successful Indianapolis trials.