Olympic swimmer Katie Ledecky on training in a backyard pool

A backyard pool in California might be the last place you’d expect to find one of the world’s greatest swimmers in training, but that was the reality for Katie Ledecky when the pandemic forced facilities to shut last year.A backyard pool in California might be the last place you’d expect to find one of the world’s greatest swimmers in training, but that was the reality for Katie Ledecky when the pandemic forced facilities to shut last year.