WASHINGTON — Katie Ledecky was standing where she has stood twice before over the past 10 years, at the White House, at a Team USA ceremony, a few feet from the President. The greatest female swimmer of all-time was back Wednesday to celebrate another Olympics, last year’s Tokyo Summer Games, in which she won two gold medals and two silvers.
Even though she recently turned 25, and even though she has been at the very top of her sport for a full decade, it’s very likely that will not be the last time she’s at the White House being honored as an Olympian.