FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Winning may get old. For someone like Katie Ledecky, the most decorated American woman in Olympic history across any sport, it almost certainly does. But that hasn’t prevented her never-ending pursuit of getting better—which, in her case, has often meant chasing her former self.
That’s no easy task when you’ve largely been in a league of your own for more than a decade. Ledecky holds most of the top times ever in the distance freestyle events, but hasn’t exactly threatened her personal bests in years.
