Counting her relay swim, Ledecky has raced eight times in the first five days and covered 1,800 meters. “It’s crazy how fast things can happen and how much the hard work can pay off.”In London, Missy Franklin counted the 4x200 freestyle relay as one of the four gold medals in her five-medal haul. And so it was that Franklin was left off the relay at night. At the London Games four years ago, she did not race for the first time until Day 6. Advertisement Continue reading the main story“I did kind of think back a couple of days ago that I don’t think I was thinking in London that I would be swimming all this in Rio,” Ledecky said.

Source: New York Times August 11, 2016 03:07 UTC