Olympian Katie Ledecky to Throw First Pitch at Washington Nationals Game
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Do you think she can she pitch wearing all that gold?
Olympic gold medalist Katie Ledecky will throw the ceremonial first pitch at a Washington Nationals game this week.
Newly returned from Rio, the 19-year-old Bethesda, Maryland, resident will kick off the game Wednesday night against the Baltimore Orioles, the Nationals announced Tuesday afternoon.
Ledecky won four gold medals in Rio, smashed her own world record in the 400-meter freestyle and broke an Olympic record in the 800m freestyle during the preliminary heats.
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Angel McCoughtry, who grew up in Baltimore and attended St. Frances Academy, scored eight points during the women's gold medal basketball game between TeamUSA and Spain. She now plays for the WNBA's Atlanta Dream.
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Chase Kalisz, who grew up in Bel Air, Maryland, won a silver medal in the Men's 400m individual medley on the first day of the Rio games. He swims for the University of Georgia.
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Helen Maroulis, from Rockville, Maryland (in blue) beat Saori Yoshida of Japan for the gold medal in women's freestyle 53 kg wrestling. Maroulis, who attended Magruder High School for three years, became the first American woman to win gold in wrestling at the Olympics.
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Jack Conger, from Rockville, Maryland, won a gold medal as part of the U.S. men's 200m freestyle relay team. He was also with fellow swimmer Ryan Lochte the night that Lochte allegedly vandalized a gas station bathroom. Lochte initially said the group was robbed then admitted he "embellished" the story. Conger was briefly kept in Rio for questioning as a part of the investigation.
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Carmelo Anthony moved to Baltimore when he was eight and quickly became a standout basketball player in the city, being named The Baltimore Sun's metro player of the year in 2001. He won his third gold Sunday, as Team USA beat Serbia 96-66. He also has a bronze medal, making him the most decorated U.S. men's Olympic basketball player ever.
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Kevin Durant, who -- as we all know -- grew up in D.C., also attended Montrose Christian in Rockville, Maryland, and played for several AAU teams in the state. Here, Durant is seen in action during a game against Spain in the basketball semifinals. Durant scored 30 in leading Team USA to gold with a 96-66 defeat of Serbia.
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Of course, there's Bethesda's own Katie Ledecky! Here, Ledecky celebrates after she broke her own world record to win the women's 800m freestyle gold medal. She won a total of four gold medals and a silver medal during swimming events at the Rio games.
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Kyle Snyder won gold in the men's freestyle 97kg wrestling, becoming America's youngest ever freestyle wrestling gold medalist. Snyder grew up in Woodbine, Maryland and attended Good Counsel High School.
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Matthew Centrowitz, from Annapolis, won a surprise gold in the men's 1500 meter final, the first time since 1908 that an American has won the race. Centrowitz was a track star at Broadneck High School before heading to the storied track program at the University of Oregon, where his dad -- a fellow Olympian and now the track coach at American University -- had also attended.
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Aaron Russell, from Ellicott City, Maryland, got a bronze medal when the U.S. men's volleyball's team came from behind to win against Russia.
She anchored the silver medal 4x100-meter freestyle relay and the gold medal 4x200-meter freestyle relay. In her final event, Ledecky crushed her own world record in the 800-meter freestyle Friday night.
The Beltway Series game is set to start at 7:05 p.m. Tickets still were available as of Tuesday afternoon and started at $23 each, plus fees.
