{"id":209852,"date":"2016-06-28T16:41:28","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T23:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=209852"},"modified":"2016-06-28T19:17:23","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T02:17:23","slug":"katie-ledecky-trains-with-failure-in-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-trains-with-failure-in-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Ledecky Trains With Failure In Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Commentary by Casey Barrett<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And that\u2019s why she never loses\u2026 The psychology behind one of the toughest athletes on earth\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p>She knows what\u2019s coming. She\u2019s courting it, daring it every time she charges out there at kamikaze pace. It\u2019s pain, and it\u2019s coming soon, and\u00a0<strong>Katie Ledecky<\/strong>\u00a0doesn\u2019t care. Is it masochism? Does she relish that excruciating sensation that most of us dread? Is her pain tolerance in some superhuman stratosphere? Or is she just that much more determined than anyone who dares to race her?<\/p>\n<p>Whatever it is, we are witnessing something so rare and so special that comparisons lead to icons. To men like<strong>\u00a0Muhammad Ali<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Michael Jordan<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 competitors so committed to their mission they were willing to eat pain. Watching them, it appeared they were willing to die for it. Watching Ledecky feels the same way. You get the feeling that she is willing to suffer like they did. And that has made her unbeatable.<\/p>\n<p>Over 15 races at major international competitions Ledecky has won 15 of them. Her record is spotless. NBC aired that graphic last night before her 400 free final. Expect that stat to get a lot more play in Rio.<\/p>\n<p>The instinct when watching greatness is to assume those athletes exist on another plane of talent. It just comes easier to them, and sometimes it does. That\u2019s how it\u2019s always felt watching Phelps. Hell, he admits that he barely trained between 2008 and 2012, and feels like he underachieved in London \u2013 where he won four gold and two silvers. Not bad for phoning it in\u2026 Obviously, Phelps was able to coast during those years not just because of his otherworldly talent but because he put in the work throughout his youth, laying a foundation like no other. He maintained a steady diet of pain for many years under the whip of Bob Bowman.<\/p>\n<p>Under\u00a0<strong>Bruce Gemmell<\/strong>, Ledecky\u2019s pain-based diet is built around the pursuit of failure. Each day in practice, that\u2019s the goal \u2013 to fail. In\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimvortex.com\/bruce-gemmell-on-boys-club-building-the-beast-of-all-distance-sisters-katie-ledecky\/\" target=\"_blank\">a story last fall on Swim Vortex<\/a>,\u00a0<strong>Craig Lord<\/strong>\u00a0reported on Gemmell\u2019s remarks at the World Coaches Clinic in Cleveland.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that \u201cfailure becomes a negative connotation\u201d but not for Katie. \u201cShe fails in the practice environment more than anyone in the group,\u201d said Gemmell. \u201cSometimes she fails spectacularly.\u201d He went on to explain Ledecky\u2019s \u201csystem of self-assessment in training\u201d \u2013 A, B, or F. That is, success or total failure, nothing in between.<\/p>\n<p>That ruthless self-assessment system is on display in Omaha. In the final of her 400 free it was hard not to gasp watching her taking it out that first 200. She flipped at the halfway point in 1:56.28 to the feet \u2013 a split that would surely be fast enough to place top six in the women\u2019s 200 free and earn an Olympic berth in its own right. She knew what was coming next.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YedqV4Gl_us\" target=\"_blank\">To quote Walter Sobchak<\/a>, she was entering a world of pain.<\/p>\n<p>She was dying at the end, no question about it. She was tying up and Leah Smith wasn\u2019t far from her feet. Victory was never in doubt, but she wasn\u2019t pulling away after that suicidal front half. And even if Leah pulled dead even with her over those final meters, do you really think Katie wouldn\u2019t have found another gear to grit out the win?<\/p>\n<p>Ledecky is so fundamentally fearless I found myself thinking not of Ali or Michael Jordan, but that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4r7wHMg5Yjg\" target=\"_blank\">viral video of the honey badger<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/n3\/278667-worlds-most-fearless-creature-honey-badger\/\" target=\"_blank\">reputedly world\u2019s most fearless animal<\/a>. As the narrator says, \u201choney badger don\u2019t care.\u201d The honey badger doesn\u2019t hesitate to attack. It will go after much larger animals than itself. Its skin is so thick it can shrug off cobra strikes and withstand dog bites. It\u2019s said that its fierceness has kept it from becoming endangered.<\/p>\n<p>Which is to say it sounds a lot like the animal kingdom\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Katie Ledecky<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Reposted with permission from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.capandgoggles.com\/?p=3087\" target=\"_blank\">Cap and Goggles<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>All commentaries are the opinion of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views\u00a0of Swimming World Magazine nor its staff.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commentary by Casey Barrett And that\u2019s why she never loses\u2026 The psychology behind one of the toughest athletes on earth\u2026 She knows what\u2019s coming. She\u2019s courting it, daring it every<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":209656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,17],"tags":[56855,28841,724,25031],"class_list":["post-209852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-commentary","tag-2016-us-olympic-swimming-trials","tag-bruce-gemmell","tag-craig-lord","tag-katie-ledecky"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Katie Ledecky Trains With Failure In Mind<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"She\u2019s courting it, daring it every time she charges out there at kamikaze pace. It\u2019s pain, and it\u2019s coming soon, and\u00a0Katie Ledecky doesn\u2019t care.\u00a0\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-trains-with-failure-in-mind\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Katie Ledecky Trains With Failure In Mind\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"She\u2019s courting it, daring it every time she charges out there at kamikaze pace. It\u2019s pain, and it\u2019s coming soon, and\u00a0Katie Ledecky doesn\u2019t care.\u00a0\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-trains-with-failure-in-mind\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Swimming World\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-06-28T23:41:28+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-06-29T02:17:23+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/katie-ledecky2016-o-trials-3355.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2400\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1600\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Taylor Brien\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Taylor Brien\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-trains-with-failure-in-mind\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-trains-with-failure-in-mind\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Taylor Brien\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/24da59f6501b584c8ca51570b81b296d\"},\"headline\":\"Katie Ledecky Trains With Failure In Mind\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-06-28T23:41:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-06-29T02:17:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-trains-with-failure-in-mind\/\"},\"wordCount\":697,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-trains-with-failure-in-mind\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/katie-ledecky2016-o-trials-3355.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2016 US Olympic Swimming Trials\",\"Bruce Gemmell\",\"Craig Lord\",\"Katie Ledecky\"],\"articleSection\":[\"-Home Slider\",\"Commentary\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-trains-with-failure-in-mind\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-trains-with-failure-in-mind\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-trains-with-failure-in-mind\/\",\"name\":\"Katie Ledecky Trains With Failure In Mind\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-trains-with-failure-in-mind\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-trains-with-failure-in-mind\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/katie-ledecky2016-o-trials-3355.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-06-28T23:41:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-06-29T02:17:23+00:00\",\"description\":\"She\u2019s courting it, daring it every time she charges out there at kamikaze pace. It\u2019s pain, and it\u2019s coming soon, and\u00a0Katie Ledecky doesn\u2019t care.\u00a0\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-trains-with-failure-in-mind\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-trains-with-failure-in-mind\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-trains-with-failure-in-mind\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/katie-ledecky2016-o-trials-3355.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/katie-ledecky2016-o-trials-3355.jpg\",\"width\":2400,\"height\":1600,\"caption\":\"Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-trains-with-failure-in-mind\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Katie Ledecky Trains With Failure In Mind\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"description\":\"The Global Leader in Aquatic News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"width\":1799,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"Swimming World\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/24da59f6501b584c8ca51570b81b296d\",\"name\":\"Taylor Brien\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9c287ebf7f15aa8ca1ed9a11bfb52972?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9c287ebf7f15aa8ca1ed9a11bfb52972?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Taylor Brien\"},\"description\":\"Taylor Brien is the Assistant Operations Manager and a staff writer at Swimming World. A native of Bettendorf, IA and a 2015 graduate of Illinois College, she has covered a variety of events since joining the SW team in 2015, including the NCAA Championships, World Championships, Olympic Trials, and 2016 Rio Olympic Games.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/taylor-brien\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Katie Ledecky Trains With Failure In Mind","description":"She\u2019s courting it, daring it every time she charges out there at kamikaze pace. It\u2019s pain, and it\u2019s coming soon, and\u00a0Katie Ledecky doesn\u2019t care.\u00a0","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-trains-with-failure-in-mind\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Katie Ledecky Trains With Failure In Mind","og_description":"She\u2019s courting it, daring it every time she charges out there at kamikaze pace. It\u2019s pain, and it\u2019s coming soon, and\u00a0Katie Ledecky doesn\u2019t care.\u00a0","og_url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-trains-with-failure-in-mind\/","og_site_name":"Swimming World","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","article_published_time":"2016-06-28T23:41:28+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-06-29T02:17:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2400,"height":1600,"url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/katie-ledecky2016-o-trials-3355.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Taylor Brien","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@swimmingworld","twitter_site":"@swimmingworld","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Taylor Brien","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-trains-with-failure-in-mind\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-trains-with-failure-in-mind\/"},"author":{"name":"Taylor Brien","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/24da59f6501b584c8ca51570b81b296d"},"headline":"Katie Ledecky Trains With Failure In Mind","datePublished":"2016-06-28T23:41:28+00:00","dateModified":"2016-06-29T02:17:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-trains-with-failure-in-mind\/"},"wordCount":697,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-trains-with-failure-in-mind\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/katie-ledecky2016-o-trials-3355.jpg","keywords":["2016 US Olympic Swimming Trials","Bruce Gemmell","Craig Lord","Katie Ledecky"],"articleSection":["-Home Slider","Commentary"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-trains-with-failure-in-mind\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-trains-with-failure-in-mind\/","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-trains-with-failure-in-mind\/","name":"Katie Ledecky Trains With Failure In Mind","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-trains-with-failure-in-mind\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-trains-with-failure-in-mind\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/katie-ledecky2016-o-trials-3355.jpg","datePublished":"2016-06-28T23:41:28+00:00","dateModified":"2016-06-29T02:17:23+00:00","description":"She\u2019s courting it, daring it every time she charges out there at kamikaze pace. It\u2019s pain, and it\u2019s coming soon, and\u00a0Katie Ledecky doesn\u2019t care.\u00a0","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-trains-with-failure-in-mind\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-trains-with-failure-in-mind\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-trains-with-failure-in-mind\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/katie-ledecky2016-o-trials-3355.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/katie-ledecky2016-o-trials-3355.jpg","width":2400,"height":1600,"caption":"Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-trains-with-failure-in-mind\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Katie Ledecky Trains With Failure In Mind"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","name":"Swimming World","description":"The Global Leader in Aquatic News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Swimming World","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","width":1799,"height":900,"caption":"Swimming World"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld","https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/24da59f6501b584c8ca51570b81b296d","name":"Taylor Brien","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9c287ebf7f15aa8ca1ed9a11bfb52972?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9c287ebf7f15aa8ca1ed9a11bfb52972?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","caption":"Taylor Brien"},"description":"Taylor Brien is the Assistant Operations Manager and a staff writer at Swimming World. A native of Bettendorf, IA and a 2015 graduate of Illinois College, she has covered a variety of events since joining the SW team in 2015, including the NCAA Championships, World Championships, Olympic Trials, and 2016 Rio Olympic Games.","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/taylor-brien\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick","source_text":"","source_url":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/katie-ledecky2016-o-trials-3355.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p56Jja-SAI","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}