Ledecky says she doesn't think about numbers and records but feels honoured to have equalled nine gold medals.
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00:00I can't really think about these things too much especially going into the meet
00:07but yeah I know there's there only a handful of people that have won that
00:13many number of goals that many number of medals and again it's it's an honor to
00:18be up there with so many great athletes from over the years and I never pictured
00:24myself being in this position so yeah I guess it's an honor and yeah there have
00:31been so many people that I've looked up to in my life so many people that have
00:36supported me so many female athletes you know I've talked about them over the
00:41years but just receiving messages from them all week has has meant a lot to me