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Ledecky not thinking about slice of Olympic history

Xinhua, August 12, 2016 Adjust font size:

Teenager Katie Ledecky said Thursday she is not thinking about the prospect of joining a select group of athletes to have won four gold medals in the same edition of the Olympic Games.

The 19-year-old has already claimed gold medals in the 200m freestyle, 400m freestyle and 4x200m freestyle relay at the Rio Games. She is widely expected to win another gold in the 800m freestyle on Friday.

"I've said it before, I try not to think too much about the history of anything," Ledecky said after qualifying fastest for the final of her pet event on Thursday in an Olympic record of 8 minutes 12.86 seconds.

"I just take it one race at a time whatever that means. It's all just about doing my best every time."

Only 37 athletes - 18 of them American - have won four gold medals at the same Games since the dawn of the modern Olympics in 1896.

Ledecky, who is the 800m freestyle world record holder, said she only slept for around six hours after helping the USA win the 4x200m relay final on Wednesday night.

"I got to bed pretty late, or early, like 3:15. And I'm not one that's very good at sleeping in so I was up by about 9, 9:30," Ledecky said. "I'm happy I get tonight off, get tomorrow [afternoon] off." Endit