By: Seth Gainey
The 2016 Olympics were filled with record
breakers including, Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky.
Phelps walked away with five gold medals and
one silver this year. The 6’4 swimmer has been the most decorated Olympian of
all time since his last Olympics where he had 22 medals, 4 more than the last
record-holder. He did not start with a smooth ride. He was diagnosed with ADHD
at a young age and that’s why he started swimming at the age of seven. But that
didn’t stop the Olympian from becoming the most famous swimmer of all time.
Another record breaker from the 2016
Olympics is Katie Ledecky. The Stanford
graduate competed in the Olympics when she was only 15. She is so fast she tied
Phelps in the heats of the Pro Swim Series at Mesa, Arizona in 2015. In the 2016 Olympics she walked away with five
medals: four gold and one silver. She is only 19 years old, so there is
hopefully more to come for this young Olympian.
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