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B0CQRYHN23 M4B@64 kbps Just Add Water charts Ledecky's life in swimming. It details her start in Bethesda, Maryland, where she played sharks and minnows and first discovered the joy of the pool her early foray into the Olympics at the tender age of fifteen where, as the youngest member of the American team, she stunned everyone by winning her first gold medal her time balancing competition and her education at Stanford University how she developed a champion's mindset that has allowed her to persevere through so many meets, even under intense pressure and how she has maintained her dominance in a sport where success depends on milliseconds. You learn how every element of her lifefrom the support of her family to the tutelage of her coaches, from her childhood spent in summer league swimming to the bright lights of Olympic pools in London, Rio, and Tokyoset her up to become the champion she is. In the end, Katie's story is about testing yourself against the difficult, and seeing who you become on the other side.