In Pictures: Katie Ledecky shares glimpses from training in swimming pool as Paris Olympics preparations reach its final stage

As the Paris Olympics 2024 looms on the horizon, American swimming icon Katie Ledecky expressed her excitement for the event, sharing pictures from her training session.

Ledecky qualified for her fourth consecutive Olympics after winning the 200m, 400-metre, 800m and 1500m freestyle finals at the US Olympic Swimming Trials held at the Lucas Oil Field Stadium in Indianapolis from June 15 to 23. However, she is most likely to drop the 200m freestyle to focus on the freestyle relay events. Her 800m freestyle victory at the trials made her one of the few swimmers to win an event four times at the US Olympic Trials. She joined her compatriot and another swimming legend with a record 28 Olympic medals, Michael Phelps.

The Washington, DC, native is the reigning 800m freestyle and 1500m freestyle Olympic champion. Following the conclusion of the trials, she joined the training camp in North Carolina to solidify her title defense while adding more Olympic medals to her name. Notably, for the first time in her Olympic career, Ledecky was also named one of the captains of Team USA for swimming at the Paris Olympics. She joined Ryan Murphy, Nic Fink, and Abbey Weitzeil as team captains.

With just five days until the Summer Games, Katie Ledecky shared a sneak peek into her training on Saturday. She posted two pictures from her swim session on her Instagram handle and wrote:

"1 more week!"

How to watch Katie Ledecky perform at the Paris Olympics

2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Swimming - Day 7 (Source: Getty)

Katie Ledecky is looked up to as one of the leading contenders for gold at the Paris Olympics. Apart from Ledecky, a total of 23 female and 22 male swimmers will be representing the United States at the French event, while three athletes have been selected for open water swimming (a form of competitive swimming that takes place in open water bodies).

The swimming events are scheduled to take place from July 27 to August 4 at the Olympic Aquatics Centre in Saint-Denis, France. American fans can watch Katie Ledecky and her team on the NBC Sports Network. While the swimming events will be streamed on Nine in Australia, Globo in Brazil, CBC in Canada, and CCTV in the People's Republic of China for the global fans,.

In other parts of the world, like Japan, the Olympics will be televised on Fuji TV/NHK/Nippon TV/TBS/TV Asahi, and TV Tokyo, while for the European and United Kingdom fanbases, Discovery Eurosport and BBC Sports have the broadcasting rights.