This is Katie Ledecky, she’s the best swimmer in the world.
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On Sunday, she smashed the record in the women's 400-meter freestyle with a time of three minutes and 56.46 seconds. Whose record did she break? Oh right, her own.
This sounds impressive, but in photos it looks downright ridiculous.
This is what a normal Katie Ledecky race looks like: pic.twitter.com/GusquCxR5l
— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) August 8, 2016
Look how far ahead she is!
Simply incredible. @katieledecky #TeamUSA #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/ofFoSUTxbu
— U.S. Olympic Team (@TeamUSA) August 8, 2016
She finished so long before everyone else that she’s already celebrating while they’re still swimming.
Yup, that's Katie Ledecky already celebrating while everyone else is still swimming https://t.co/ZOS9bApT5P
— SB Nation (@SBNation) August 8, 2016
Hahahaha see? Just look at this.
.@katieledecky reacts before others finish and breaks her world record time in the 400m Freestyle Final. #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/u67m4gtVoC
— Doug Mills (@dougmillsnyt) August 8, 2016
Pretty impressive, when you consider what she’s up against ...
cant believe she beat the woman on the jetski tbh pic.twitter.com/ZjgoBTxkeJ
— darth™ (@darth) August 8, 2016