The two legendary swimmers have aged gracefully yet have been pushed to accept a different sort of reality in competition.
Heading into big meets, swimmers notoriously lie to themselves. The internal dialogue says that a lifetime-best performance is coming, that their training has led them to the point where they’ll inevitably see a number flash on the scoreboard next to their names that they’ve never produced before.
“I’m always striving to be better than I’ve ever been, and it’s not easy when your times are world records,” Katie Ledecky said during the Tokyo Olympics. “I’m really tough on myself. But that’s the attitude I have—I literally approach each race with a belief that I can swim a best time, and that’s pretty darned tough. But that’s why I’ve been so successful over the years, because I approach every single race with the attitude that anything can happen, and I can break world records this race.
His winning time in the 100 butterfly Saturday was only .32 off what he did in Omaha three years ago at Trials, and it vaults him near the top of the crowded world rankings in that event heading into Paris. In the 50 free, Dressel’s 21.41 is .37 off his 2021 Trials time and fourth in the world.
Ledecky also had a successful meet, winning four events and extending her unprecedented dominance in distance freestyle events. While her excellence should never be taken for granted, her times at Lucas Oil Stadium weren’t dazzling. And they got comparatively slower as the meet went along.
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