{"id":315056,"date":"2018-06-20T08:43:08","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T15:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=315056"},"modified":"2018-06-20T08:43:08","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T15:43:08","slug":"katie-ledecky-dives-onto-july-cover-of-national-geographic-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-dives-onto-july-cover-of-national-geographic-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Ledecky Dives Onto July Cover of National Geographic Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Katie Ledecky<\/strong> has had a whirlwind of a start to her career as a professional swimmer and it just keeps getting more exciting. Earlier this week, the two-time Olympian announced via social media that she would be gracing the July cover of <em>National Geographic Magazine<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Ledecky&#8217;s cover marks the first time in history that an Olympic swimmer has graced the cover of <em>Natoinal Geographic<\/em>.\u00a0The magazine hits newstands on June 26th.<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">July 2018 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NatGeo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NatGeo<\/a> cover story, on newsstands June 26! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9Z8byOnaNd\">https:\/\/t.co\/9Z8byOnaNd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fD7fZmjiEo\">pic.twitter.com\/fD7fZmjiEo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Katie Ledecky (@katieledecky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/katieledecky\/status\/1008761790392610817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Ledecky is one of multiple top-tier athletes featured in an article titled &#8220;Building a Better Athlete: How science is testing the limits of human speed, strength, and endurance.&#8221; The article also features track and field Olympian\u00a0<strong>Usain Bolt<\/strong>, Paralympian\u00a0<strong>Jarryd Wallace<\/strong>, weightlifter\u00a0<strong>CJ Cummings<\/strong>, and fellow swimmer\u00a0<strong>Michael Andrew<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The article dives into the mechanics of training, interviewing coaches and athletes alike to gain a better sense of how they train amongst the many resources that new-age technology has provided.<\/p>\n<p>Ledecky also shared a photo of herself that will be featured within the article via social media.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_315057\" style=\"width: 522px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-315057\" data-attachment-id=\"315057\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-dives-onto-july-cover-of-national-geographic-magazine\/katie-ledecky-instagram-nat-geo-announcement\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/katie-ledecky-instagram-nat-geo-announcement.png\" data-orig-size=\"812,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"katie-ledecky-instagram-nat-geo-announcement\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;katie-ledecky-instagram-nat-geo-announcement&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Instagram @kledecky&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/katie-ledecky-instagram-nat-geo-announcement-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/katie-ledecky-instagram-nat-geo-announcement.png\" class=\" wp-image-315057\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/katie-ledecky-instagram-nat-geo-announcement.png\" alt=\"katie-ledecky-instagram-nat-geo-announcement\" width=\"512\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/katie-ledecky-instagram-nat-geo-announcement.png 812w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/katie-ledecky-instagram-nat-geo-announcement-533x394.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/katie-ledecky-instagram-nat-geo-announcement-271x200.png 271w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/katie-ledecky-instagram-nat-geo-announcement-150x111.png 150w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/katie-ledecky-instagram-nat-geo-announcement-500x369.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-315057\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Instagram @kledecky<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katie Ledecky has had a whirlwind of a start to her career as a professional swimmer and it just keeps getting more exciting. 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