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'She Shocked The World': Inside Katie Ledecky's Emotional Homecoming

After winning an improbably gold at the 2012 Olympics in the women's 800m, Katie Ledecky returned home to Bethesda, Maryland, where Amy K. Nelson met her to discuss what it's like to return from such a once in a lifetime experience.Tuesday morning, The door to the Ledeckys' home was gently pushed open by 7-year-old Hattie Leasure, a neighbor and a budding swimmer, and who idolizes the Ledeckys' daughter, Katie. Wearing a pink and white sundress, Hattie had just watched Katie's record-breaking swim for the seventh time and was a little late.Hattie's mom, also a Katie, nudged her daughter toward the couch, encouraging her to welcome home her friend."Congratulations, Katie," Hattie said as she sat down, nervously twirling her fingers. "I'm just really excited and I'm glad I get to be with her."While Hattie -- a swimmer who says she wants to make the Olympics as well one day -- once only had to share her idol with just the neighborhood and Bethesda, Maryland-area young girls, she now will ...

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