Local Olympic champion Katie Ledecky is featured in the latest Sports Illustrated cover standing beside fellow team USA Olympians Michael Phelps and Simone Biles. Ledecky was welcomed home with cheers and hugs from friends and fans at Dulles airport today. She sported the five medals she won in Rio. In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Ledecky […]
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August 17, 2016 |
August 10, 2016 |
Conger Receives Gold Medal Despite Being Replaced on Olympic Relay Final (PHOTO)
After swimming the fastest split in the preliminary round with a time of 1:45.73, Rockville native Jack Conger was set to compete in the men’s 4x200m relay final race on Tuesday, but men’s U.S. Olympic swimming head coach, Bob Bowman changed the roster late in the day adding in Michael Phelps instead. Phelps along with the rest […]
August 23, 2014 |
Ledecky Breaks Her Own World Record, Adds To her Medal Count
Swimming phenom Katie Ledecky broke her own world record in the 400-meter freestyle event at the Pan Pacific Championship in Australia Aug. 23 and added to her gold medal count. According to WTOP, the Bethesda native swam the race in 3:58.37, nearly half a second faster than her record. This was her fourth gold medal of the meet […]
September 4, 2012 |
Leggett Welcomes Local Olympians (Video)
Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett welcomed two local Olympians at a reception at county offices in Rockville. Take a look. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery (CCM) to view more local programming.
August 31, 2012 |
Olympian Katie Ledecky Shares a Story (Video)
Bethesda resident and Olympic Gold Medalist swimmer Katie Ledecky talks about her coaches in this video clip and shares an inside story from the Olympic games in London. She also thanks her hometown fans for all their support. Watch this video for more. Ledecky, who is only 15-years old, is a sophomore at Stone Ridge […]
August 17, 2012 |
A Golden Girl
As it should be: our top video (as of mid-August) is Katie Ledecky’s homecoming at Dulles International Airport. In one week, this MyMCMedia report received over 548 views. That makes it a popular video on both our You Tube page and our website: archive.mymcmedia.org. Ledecky, who hails from Bethesda, won a gold medal at the […]
August 7, 2012 |
Gold Medalist Returns Home to Montgomery County (Video)
With her mom and dad walking behind her, Olympic Gold Medalist Katie Ledecky (15) of Bethesda rushes into the open arms of her Stone Ridge classmates at Dulles International Airport on Aug. 6. Take a look at this heartwarming homecoming and find out what the sensational swimmer is looking forward to next.
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