TOKYO — In the midst of her longest day, the day in which she swam 2,100 competitive meters in the Olympic pool,Katie Ledecky wanted to know what time it was.
“It’s what, like 1:15 now?” she asked as she sat at a long table in front of reporters at her press conference for her silver medal in the women’s 400 freestyle Monday.
By necessity, she had planned her day to the minute, so this information was important. After she left the press conference room, she had to stop in drug testing, then circle back to the U.