Katie Ledecky swims during the women's 200-meter freestyle preliminaries at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials on Tuesday in Omaha. “I’ve gained a lot of confidence in the event,” Ledecky said. Katie Ledecky cruised to the fastest preliminary time in the 200-meter freestyle at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials Tuesday, a day after flirting with a world record in her first event. “I knew it would be a pretty tough race coming off of last night,” said Ledecky, who won the 400 freestyle Monday with the third-fastest time in history. The final Wednesday also includes Allison Schmitt, who won gold in the event at the London Olympics, and Missy Franklin.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 28, 2016 16:20 UTC