CNN —She might recently have surpassed the legendary Michael Phelps for the most career individual world swimming titles, but Katie Ledecky says the thrill of winning remains as powerful as ever.
Ledecky eclipsed Phelps’ tally of 15 world swimming titles at the 2023 World Aquatic Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, in July.
It was so much fun to represent Team USA at the international level again,” Ledecky told CNN’s The Source with Kaitlan Collins.
For this reason, overtaking such a great of the sport was something that Ledecky hadn’t spent any time contemplating.
“Michael [Phelps] is someone that I’ve known for a long time now and to break that record was cool.
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