'It's an honour to be up there with so many people I've looked up to' - Ledecky - video Dailymotion

Ledecky says she doesn't think about numbers and records but feels honoured to have equalled nine gold medals.

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00:00I can't really think about these things too much especially going into the meet

00:07but yeah I know there's there only a handful of people that have won that

00:13many number of goals that many number of medals and again it's it's an honor to

00:18be up there with so many great athletes from over the years and I never pictured

00:24myself being in this position so yeah I guess it's an honor and yeah there have

00:31been so many people that I've looked up to in my life so many people that have

00:36supported me so many female athletes you know I've talked about them over the

00:41years but just receiving messages from them all week has has meant a lot to me