Bay Area Olympians: Stanford alum Katie Ledecky, junior Torri Huske make history in pool

Stanford alum Katie Ledecky entered rare air on Saturday when the swimmer captured Olympic gold in the 800-meter freestyle, touching the wall in 8:11.04 at the Paris Games.

She became the first woman to win four consecutive Olympic golds in the same event and the second swimmer to four-peat an event, joining Michael Phelps, who had four straight first-place finishes in the 200 individual medley. 

Ledecky now has 14 Olympic medals to her name, nine of which are gold.

Saturday’s...