{"id":436917,"date":"2020-06-27T15:17:01","date_gmt":"2020-06-27T22:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=436917"},"modified":"2020-06-28T07:37:43","modified_gmt":"2020-06-28T14:37:43","slug":"2021-trials-vision-katie-ledecky-and-who-else-in-the-800-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2021-trials-vision-katie-ledecky-and-who-else-in-the-800-free\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 Trials Vision: Katie Ledecky and Who Else in the 800 Free"},"content":{"rendered":"

2021 Trials Vision: Katie Ledecky and Who Else in the 800 Free<\/strong><\/p>\n

Each day during the pre-scheduled days of the 2020 US Olympic Trials, Swimming World will take its readers back four years to the 2016 Trials in Omaha to recap each event, and will offer some insight into what the events will look like in 2021.<\/em><\/p>\n

The swimmer to beat in the 800 free at the Tokyo Olympics, whenever they are held, remains the same. It\u2019s Katie Ledecky,<\/strong> owner of five Olympic gold medals and 15 World Championships. Adding the 1500 freestyle to the women\u2019s program for the first time might change some of the equation for distance swimmers at the 2021 Trials. But if history is any guide, it may just mean more medals for Ledecky<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Favorite<\/h4>\n

Katie Ledecky<\/strong>. That\u2019s the whole section.<\/p>\n

The Contenders<\/h4>\n

Leah Smith<\/strong> enters 2021 Trials as a medal contender in Tokyo, with a Worlds bronze from 2017. Erica Sullivan<\/strong> has a pair of 8:26s before her 20th birthday. Sierra Schmidt<\/strong> and Ashley Twichell<\/strong> have both been 8:27 recently (Twichell was 8:25 in 2016). Haley Anderson<\/strong> and Cierra Runge<\/strong> are also veteran contenders.<\/p>\n

On the younger side, Taylor Ault<\/strong> and Megan Byrnes<\/strong> have been in the low 8:30s but neither medaled at the World University Games last summer. Chase Travis<\/strong> went 8:30 at age 17 last summer.<\/p>\n

The Longshots<\/h4>\n
\"ally-mchugh-womens-400-free-2019-usa-nationals-finals-day-4-81\"

Ally McHugh Photo Courtesy: Connor Trimble<\/p><\/div>\n

Few swimmers have come as far in the last four years as Ally McHugh.<\/strong> The Penn State grad was 68th in the 400 individual medley and 80th in the 200 IM in Omaha at the 2016 Trials. Since then, she\u2019s become a full-fledged national team member<\/a>, with an NCAA title, five national championships<\/a> and trips to the World University Games, Pan Pacs and 2019 Worlds.<\/p>\n

The 400 IM might be her best shot at Tokyo, but the 800 is a viable option, too. She\u2019ll have the longer IM on Day 1 of the 2021 Trials, the shorter IM on Day 4 and then a run at the 800 on Day 7. Her top time of 8:26.04 from nationals in 2019 is the fastest for an American outside of the Ledecky-Smith duopoly.<\/p>\n

(A close second, by the way, to that rapid development over the last four years is another 800 free contender Kaersten Meitz,<\/strong> who was 64th in the 200 and 800 and 29th in the 400 free at 2016 Trials.)<\/p>\n

Looking ahead to 2021<\/h4>\n

The loss in the 400 free at Worlds indicated that Ledecky wasn\u2019t at her best in Gwangju. But Ledecky still won gold there in the 800 in 8:13.58 in a gutsy swim<\/a>. It\u2019s telling that the three swimmers behind her \u2013 Simona Quadarella<\/strong> (8:14.99), Ariarne Titmus<\/strong> (8:15.70), Sarah Kohler<\/strong> (8:16.43) \u2013 all set personal bests\/national records and still couldn\u2019t catch Ledecky<\/a>, who was nine seconds shy of her world record. Toss in Wang<\/strong> Jianjiahe’s<\/strong>\u00a08:14.64 at Chinese nationals in 2019 (she\u2019s only 16, so one to watch), and Ledecky is still a cut above, the only one to have visited the subterranean depths below 8:10.<\/p>\n

The fact is that Ledecky at her best is better than anyone who\u2019s ever swum the event. So the question is, will Ledecky be at that best? Or, as Ledecky\u2019s swims have reframed the question time and again, will her best continue to get better?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2021 Trials Vision: Katie Ledecky and Who Else in the 800 Free Each day during the pre-scheduled days of the 2020 US Olympic Trials, Swimming World will take its readers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8367,"featured_media":384328,"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":[3,122077,7],"tags":[67819,58663,122266,122627,63728,65138,27991,47213,24698,52093,27995,64565,44147,25031,25426,36255,24934,40417,33972,61109],"class_list":["post-436917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-americas","category-usa","tag-2019-world-championships","tag-2020-olympics","tag-2021-olympics","tag-2021-tokyo-olympics","tag-ally-mchugh","tag-ariarne-titmus","tag-ashley-twichell","tag-chase-travis","tag-cierra-runge","tag-erica-sullivan","tag-haley-anderson","tag-jianjiahe-wang","tag-kaersten-meitz","tag-katie-ledecky","tag-megan-byrnes","tag-sarah-kohler","tag-sierra-schmidt","tag-simona-quadarella","tag-taylor-ault","tag-tokyo-olympic-games"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n2021 Trials Vision: Katie Ledecky and Who Else in the 800 Free<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As the two-time defending Olympic champion in the 800 freestyle, the event should be nothing but a formality for Katie Ledecky.\" \/>\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\/2021-trials-vision-katie-ledecky-and-who-else-in-the-800-free\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2021 Trials Vision: Katie Ledecky and Who Else in the 800 Free\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As the two-time defending Olympic champion in the 800 freestyle, the event should be nothing but a formality for Katie Ledecky.\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2021-trials-vision-katie-ledecky-and-who-else-in-the-800-free\/\" \/>\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=\"2020-06-27T22:17:01+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-06-28T14:37:43+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/katieledecky2.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"544\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Matthew De George - Senior Writer\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@sportsdoctormd\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Matthew De George - Senior Writer\" \/>\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\/2021-trials-vision-katie-ledecky-and-who-else-in-the-800-free\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2021-trials-vision-katie-ledecky-and-who-else-in-the-800-free\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Matthew De George - Senior Writer\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/aff20a2913cc03a514d0343a4c8788f3\"},\"headline\":\"2021 Trials Vision: Katie Ledecky and Who Else in the 800 Free\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-06-27T22:17:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-06-28T14:37:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2021-trials-vision-katie-ledecky-and-who-else-in-the-800-free\/\"},\"wordCount\":539,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2021-trials-vision-katie-ledecky-and-who-else-in-the-800-free\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/katieledecky2.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2019 World Championships\",\"2020 Olympics\",\"2021 Olympics\",\"2021 Tokyo Olympics\",\"Ally McHugh\",\"Ariarne Titmus\",\"Ashley Twichell\",\"Chase Travis\",\"Cierra Runge\",\"Erica Sullivan\",\"Haley Anderson\",\"Jianjiahe Wang\",\"Kaersten Meitz\",\"Katie Ledecky\",\"Megan Byrnes\",\"Sarah Kohler\",\"Sierra Schmidt\",\"Simona Quadarella\",\"Taylor Ault\",\"Tokyo Olympic Games\"],\"articleSection\":[\"-Home Slider\",\"Americas\",\"USA\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2021-trials-vision-katie-ledecky-and-who-else-in-the-800-free\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2021-trials-vision-katie-ledecky-and-who-else-in-the-800-free\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2021-trials-vision-katie-ledecky-and-who-else-in-the-800-free\/\",\"name\":\"2021 Trials Vision: Katie Ledecky and Who Else in the 800 Free\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2021-trials-vision-katie-ledecky-and-who-else-in-the-800-free\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2021-trials-vision-katie-ledecky-and-who-else-in-the-800-free\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/katieledecky2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-06-27T22:17:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-06-28T14:37:43+00:00\",\"description\":\"As the two-time defending Olympic champion in the 800 freestyle, the event should be nothing but a formality for Katie Ledecky.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2021-trials-vision-katie-ledecky-and-who-else-in-the-800-free\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2021-trials-vision-katie-ledecky-and-who-else-in-the-800-free\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2021-trials-vision-katie-ledecky-and-who-else-in-the-800-free\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/katieledecky2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/katieledecky2.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":544,\"caption\":\"Katie Ledecky - Photo Courtesy: Patrick B. Kraemer\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2021-trials-vision-katie-ledecky-and-who-else-in-the-800-free\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"2021 Trials Vision: Katie Ledecky and Who Else in the 800 Free\"}]},{\"@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\/aff20a2913cc03a514d0343a4c8788f3\",\"name\":\"Matthew De George - Senior Writer\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cfca9cef277cfa1a9f4150330ba69a2?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cfca9cef277cfa1a9f4150330ba69a2?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Matthew De George - Senior Writer\"},\"description\":\"Matthew De George is the Americas Correspondent for Swimming World Magazine. He's the author of two books on swimming, Duels in the Pool and Pooling Talent. He's also the assistant sports editor for the Delaware County Daily Times in Pennsylvania, where he covers high school and college sports as well as the Philadelphia Union. His work has also appeared in The Guardian and The Athletic.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworld.com\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/sportsdoctormd\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/mattdg\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"2021 Trials Vision: Katie Ledecky and Who Else in the 800 Free","description":"As the two-time defending Olympic champion in the 800 freestyle, the event should be nothing but a formality for Katie Ledecky.","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\/2021-trials-vision-katie-ledecky-and-who-else-in-the-800-free\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"2021 Trials Vision: Katie Ledecky and Who Else in the 800 Free","og_description":"As the two-time defending Olympic champion in the 800 freestyle, the event should be nothing but a formality for Katie Ledecky.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2021-trials-vision-katie-ledecky-and-who-else-in-the-800-free\/","og_site_name":"Swimming World","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","article_published_time":"2020-06-27T22:17:01+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-06-28T14:37:43+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":544,"url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/katieledecky2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Matthew De George - Senior Writer","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@sportsdoctormd","twitter_site":"@swimmingworld","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Matthew De George - Senior Writer","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2021-trials-vision-katie-ledecky-and-who-else-in-the-800-free\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2021-trials-vision-katie-ledecky-and-who-else-in-the-800-free\/"},"author":{"name":"Matthew De George - Senior Writer","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/aff20a2913cc03a514d0343a4c8788f3"},"headline":"2021 Trials Vision: Katie Ledecky and Who Else in the 800 Free","datePublished":"2020-06-27T22:17:01+00:00","dateModified":"2020-06-28T14:37:43+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2021-trials-vision-katie-ledecky-and-who-else-in-the-800-free\/"},"wordCount":539,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2021-trials-vision-katie-ledecky-and-who-else-in-the-800-free\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/katieledecky2.jpg","keywords":["2019 World Championships","2020 Olympics","2021 Olympics","2021 Tokyo Olympics","Ally McHugh","Ariarne Titmus","Ashley Twichell","Chase Travis","Cierra Runge","Erica Sullivan","Haley Anderson","Jianjiahe Wang","Kaersten Meitz","Katie Ledecky","Megan Byrnes","Sarah Kohler","Sierra Schmidt","Simona Quadarella","Taylor Ault","Tokyo Olympic Games"],"articleSection":["-Home Slider","Americas","USA"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2021-trials-vision-katie-ledecky-and-who-else-in-the-800-free\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2021-trials-vision-katie-ledecky-and-who-else-in-the-800-free\/","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2021-trials-vision-katie-ledecky-and-who-else-in-the-800-free\/","name":"2021 Trials Vision: Katie Ledecky and Who Else in the 800 Free","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2021-trials-vision-katie-ledecky-and-who-else-in-the-800-free\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2021-trials-vision-katie-ledecky-and-who-else-in-the-800-free\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/katieledecky2.jpg","datePublished":"2020-06-27T22:17:01+00:00","dateModified":"2020-06-28T14:37:43+00:00","description":"As the two-time defending Olympic champion in the 800 freestyle, the event should be nothing but a formality for Katie Ledecky.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2021-trials-vision-katie-ledecky-and-who-else-in-the-800-free\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2021-trials-vision-katie-ledecky-and-who-else-in-the-800-free\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2021-trials-vision-katie-ledecky-and-who-else-in-the-800-free\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/katieledecky2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/katieledecky2.jpg","width":800,"height":544,"caption":"Katie Ledecky - Photo Courtesy: Patrick B. Kraemer"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2021-trials-vision-katie-ledecky-and-who-else-in-the-800-free\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"2021 Trials Vision: Katie Ledecky and Who Else in the 800 Free"}]},{"@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\/aff20a2913cc03a514d0343a4c8788f3","name":"Matthew De George - Senior Writer","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cfca9cef277cfa1a9f4150330ba69a2?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cfca9cef277cfa1a9f4150330ba69a2?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","caption":"Matthew De George - Senior Writer"},"description":"Matthew De George is the Americas Correspondent for Swimming World Magazine. He's the author of two books on swimming, Duels in the Pool and Pooling Talent. He's also the assistant sports editor for the Delaware County Daily Times in Pennsylvania, where he covers high school and college sports as well as the Philadelphia Union. His work has also appeared in The Guardian and The Athletic.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.swimmingworld.com","https:\/\/x.com\/sportsdoctormd"],"url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/mattdg\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"Katie Ledecky Photo Courtesy: Patrick B. Kraemer","source_text":"","source_url":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/katieledecky2.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p56Jja-1PF3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436917","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\/8367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}