What swimmer Katie Ledecky learned about America in her time with Team USA | 60 Minutes
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Katie Ledecky, with a record 14 Olympic medals including nine golds for American women, is training for the 2028 Los Angeles Games. As a Team USA member, she learned America is a nation of strivers embracing competition, where sports harness prideful determination, resilience, and discipline to overcome obstacles and reveal the best of the human spirit. Sport thrives in America when joy, fun, and challenges unite communities, from summer pools to training sites nationwide.
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No American woman has won more Olympic medals than swimmer Katie Ledecky, 14 total, including nine gold. Now she's training for the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles.
What I've learned over time as a member of Team USA is that we are a nation of strivers that embraces competition of all sorts. We are a very prideful nation in how we compete, where that striving and competitive spirit, when harnessed correctly, brings out the best in us and shows us the best of the human spirit.
I've learned that sports test our determination, our resilience, and our discipline. Sports teach us every day that anything is possible. That when we try and when we give our best effort, that we can overcome obstacles.
I grew up swimming in summer community pools in my home county. I have trained and swam throughout the country in numerous places. And what I have seen in so many different communities is that sport in America is at its best when its joy and fun and yes, its challenges bring us together.
I'm Leslie Stahl. We'll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
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