August 04, 2020, 10:32 PM
With the Summer Olympics postponed till 2021, United States swimming legend Katie Ledecky appears to have taken some experimental approaches to her training.
The five-time Olympic gold medalist shared a video of herself swimming the length of a pool balancing a full glass of chocolate milk on her head -- without spilling a drop.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CDbzlwrlHfK/
While swimming a full lap without dropping the glass at all is already impressive by itself, it seems that a single drop of milk did not spill from the glass at all.
"Possibly one of the best swims of my career!" Ledecky quipped in her Instagram caption.
Needless to say, many fans were impressed.
This is Katie Ledecky swimming the length of a pool without spilling a single drop of the chocolate milk balanced on her head.
— Joshua Axelrod (@jaxelburgh) August 3, 2020
Sometimes you think you’ve seen it all in sports, and then you come across what might be the most athletic thing I’ve ever seen
pic.twitter.com/59RsjlouZ2
To the point where they question if she's actually human.
https://twitter.com/HalpernAlex/status/1290372036246683648
Some would even say that it gives her five Olympic gold medals a run for their money.
Team USA swimmer @katieledecky posted a video on Instagram of herself swimming a full length with chocolate milk balanced on her head. I'm not convinced it's more impressive than winning five Olympic golds, but I'm also not not convinced. pic.twitter.com/KqgrDcGxTr
— Peter Baugh (@Peter_Baugh) August 3, 2020
An ad for a milk campaign
While it may seem odd for Ledecky to attempt this challenge out of the blue, her video was a part of an advertisement for the TikTok "Got Milk?" challenge, a promotional campaign by the dairy industry in the U.S.
The campaign on Tiktok encourages people to share quirky videos of themselves doing milk-related activities.
Top image via Katie Ledecky/Instagram
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