Katie Ledecky keeps her Olympic gold medals in a special (and soft) spot!
While attending a Raising Cane’s employee appreciation conference in Cancún, Mexico, on Tuesday, Sept. 24, the swimmer, 27, took part in a keynote, where she revealed where she keeps her prizes from the 2024 Paris Olympics.
After walking onstage to applause from leaders part of the fast food establishment’s team, Ledecky said, “Well, I brought a little souvenir from Paris. I figured you’d like to see something,” before she removed one of her gold medals from a patriotic sock she was carrying with her.
Later, during a Q&A with Raising Cane’s owner and founder Todd Graves and co-CEO AJ Kumaran, the athlete joked of her medals, “I keep them around,” before adding, “These first few months, especially after Paris, I keep them in my socks and carry them around in a little bag and try to show them to as many people as I can.”
“It’s fun to see the faces light up [when I show the medals], and it’s a joy to share those moments with as many people as I can,” she continued.
Katie Ledecky competing at the 2024 Olympics in July.
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During the 2024 Games, Ledecky won two gold medals, as well as one silver and one bronze. In total, she has won nine Olympic gold medals and has 14 medals overall.
Elsewhere during her time in Cancún at the event, which was held at the Moon Palaceresort, Ledecky opened up about her plans to compete in the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.
“Right now, the answer is yes,” Ledecky — who is the most decorated American woman and most decorated female swimmer — said of competing. “I took a few weeks off after Paris, but I am starting to get back in the pool.”
“I’m traveling quite a bit right now, but I’m swimming when I can, and I’m starting to get my mind into swimming mode and starting to set my goals for the next four years. I have to take it year by year, but the opportunity to compete on home soil is something that not every athlete gets to get,” she added. “I hope that I’ll see many of you there in L.A. I hope many of you will get to enjoy the Olympics. And hopefully, I can have a good one.”
Todd Graves, AJ Kumaran and Katie Ledecky in Cancún, Mexico, on Sept. 24, 2024.
Raising Cane’s
During the Raising Cane’s event earlier this week, Ledecky was a special guest alongside Snoop Dogg. After his own Q&A, the rapper, 52, performed a DJ set.
The event, according to a press release, was set up “to recognize, reward and celebrate” more than 3,000 Raising Cane’s leaders and their significant others. It was described as “an industry-defining conference that was centered around relaxing and having a good time.”
