ACC roasted for social media post claiming Olympic swimmer Katie Ledecky
By Andrew Olson
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Katie Ledecky made history at the Olympic Games on Wednesday with a performance for the ages.
Ledecky won her first gold medal of the Paris games in the 1,500-meter swimming freestyle. She now has 12 medals in four Olympics, tying Americans Jenny Thompson, Dara Torres and Natalie Coughlin and Australian Emma McKeon. Ledecky will have the chance to add to her medal count in the 4×200 freestyle relay (Thursday) and 800 freestyle (Friday).
Ledecky was so dominant in the 1,500 that NBC had to adjust its camera angle to show just how much of a lead she had on the other swimmers.
NBC has moved to the All-22 cam so Katie Ledecky’s competition can stay in the frame. pic.twitter.com/W79iuNkZfc
— Chris Vannini (@ChrisVannini) July 31, 2024
Katie Ledecky in red, everyone else going in the yellow direction: pic.twitter.com/WZBzsIwvQi
— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) July 31, 2024
katie ledecky is so good at the 1500 you often wonder if anyone else is in the pool pic.twitter.com/tAxqHFNLwO
— whitney medworth (@its_whitney) July 31, 2024
Ledecky gave Americans lots to cheer about on Wednesday. The Olympics are a time when many fandoms come together to pull for Team USA, but one conference is being called out for trying to claim Ledecky.
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The ACC’s official X account made a post celebrating Ledecky’s win. Ledecky swam at Stanford. The prestigious university found an athletic home in the ACC for 2024 and beyond as the Pac-12 dissolved last year.
Stanford, though, is not officially an ACC member until Friday. The ACC cannot reasonably claim that Ledecky was “made here” as the conference’s hashtag suggests.
Ledecky bringing home the #AccomplishGreatness x #OlympiansMadeHere pic.twitter.com/GjdiTz9wiQ
— The ACC (@theACC) July 31, 2024
As expected, the ACC’s post was met with ridicule:
Absolutely not, ACC. This is stolen valor. https://t.co/fe86eZIscB
— Michael Katz (@MichaelLKatz) July 31, 2024
This might be worse than when coaches make graphics of kids in the league that they never coached. https://t.co/3bkPVG4R5U
— The Nolecast (@Nolecast) July 31, 2024
the ACC taking credit for an Olympic record broken by an athlete that competed in the Pac 12 era… you can’t make this stuff up https://t.co/ZfCQTLL5HZ
— Taylor (@TaylorShewchuk) July 31, 2024
Nothing could sum up the true ridiculousness of conference realignment like this tweet. https://t.co/GVTHpjvciw
— Mark Nagi (@MarkNagi) July 31, 2024
https://t.co/KNWyTBfgTI pic.twitter.com/sKHAaRySqn
— Curt Weiler (@CurtMWeiler) July 31, 2024
This is embarrassing even for @TheACC.
Can’t wait til they claim @TigerWoods too. https://t.co/pVwYaz78TX
— Matt Smith (@SamENole) July 31, 2024
Wow. That's quite a stretch. Embarrassing, honestly. Any idea where she trains now?? See that cap? Lol pic.twitter.com/jnmrU0nsl0
— Brian Walker (@RockSolidBWalk) July 31, 2024
One could argue the SEC would have a stronger case to claim Ledecky. She is currently a volunteer coach for the Florida swim team. Ledecky trains at UF and gave her “Florida Boys” a shoutout on Wednesday.
Katie Ledecky after winning a historic Gold medal: “To my Florida crew, all those Florida boys that push me every day, I love you guys.” #Gators #USA #Olympics https://t.co/veGkXRL6sc
— OnlyGators.com: Florida Gators news (@onlygators) July 31, 2024
Plenty of American sports fans will be watching Thursday to see if Ledecky can grab her 13th medal!
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
