About 12 hours after announcing her first sponsor, Katie Ledecky was back in the pool, doing what she does best — swimming fast times.
The five-time Olympic champion recorded the fastest 200m freestyle in the world this year — and third-fastest 200m free of her career — at a Pro Series meet in Santa Clara on Friday night.
She clocked 1:54.56 to win the race by 3.44 seconds over Melanie Margalis, who was part of the 2016 Olympic 4x200m free relay with Ledecky. Full meet results are here.
“That’s exactly where I was hoping to be,” Ledecky said, according to USA Swimming.