Two-time Olympian Kate Ziegler will swim competitively this week for the first in more than two years and, the former world-record holder said, in a refreshed, excited state for the first time in more than three years.
“I needed time away,” Ziegler said in a phone interview from her Tennessee base Tuesday, reflecting since the London 2012 Olympics, refocusing her passion for a sport that had more often than not been her identity since age 6.
She’s in a new training setting and, as will be seen at the Pro Swim Series meet in Charlotte starting Thursday, in new events.