Katy made new history

There too, surprising everyone, she won gold in the women's 800m freestyle. This happened, 12 years ago. Katy has done the same thing once again. This time no one was surprised and it remained, his ninth Olympic gold. After this success in Paris Olympics 2024, she has become a player who has won gold in four consecutive editions of the Olympics. She is only the second female player to achieve this feat. He also won the second gold in Paris.

In this process, she made a new history. She thus became only the sixth Olympian to win nine golds. Other great athletes to achieve this feat are American swimmer Mark Spitz and athletics Carl Lewis, along with Soviet Union gymnast Larisa Latnina and Finnish runner. Only one athlete has won more gold than them, American swimmer Michael Phelps. He has won 23 golds.

Katy herself is not unaware of the importance of the journey that her playing career has taken. She says, "Sometimes I watch the video replay of winning the first gold. And every time I look at it, I inspire myself that I should perform like this again.'' She was behind Ariarne Titmus almost the entire time.

However, in the last hundred meters, she managed to take a decisive lead. Phelps was the only one to win back-to-back Olympic golds in one event. Now Katy has equaled that too. Even Titmus does not hesitate to praise Katy. She says, "When Katy won her first gold, I was just studying in primary school. It also shows how much she has worked so far. The competition between these two players has also benefited both of them.