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Ledecky figures to be a major player at those Games, with the swimmer forgoing her final two years of eligibility at Stanford to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-to-turn-pro-continue-training-at-stanford\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">turn professional<\/a> heading into the next Olympics.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Charlotte Observer contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olympic gold medalist\u00a0Katie Ledecky, who is fresh off of winning five medals (including three golds) at the 2018 Pan Pacific Championships, stuck around after that meet in Tokyo to 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