How sweet! A heartwarming video is going viral on the internet right now. You can see it: two sports giants of the last decades – only 23 years younger.
Even in the first year of her life, Olympic champion Katie Ledecky (27) met the big names in sports. But at that time not her current main discipline, swimming, but in basketball.
Katie Ledecky played with NBA star Michael Jordan
Basketball legend Michael Jordan (61) played for the Washington Wizards between 2001 and 2003. The swimmer Ledecky’s uncle, Jon, was a minority owner there at the time, and that was then meaning that Katie, who was only a few years old at the time, would sometimes sit on the side.
In the viral video, little Katie can be seen happily eating a bag of popcorn. Sitting behind her is none other than NBA star Michael Jordan. Ledecky holds his hands in front of her face and plays peek-a-boo with her. But, as the video shows, the delicious popcorn is more interesting than one of the greatest basketball players of all time.
Ledecky himself shared the video a few years ago on the
The crazy thing: Back then, little Katie was completely unknown, but today she is – together with gymnast Larissa Latynina (89) – the most successful Olympian of all time: she has won gold nine times at the Olympics already. The successful swimmer also won four medals in Paris and won gold in the 800 meter freestyle for the fourth time in a row.
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And Michael Jordan, considered by many to be the best basketball player in NBA history, has been in the Olympic spotlight several times. In 1984 and 1992 he won the Olympic gold medal with the USA Dream Team. Maybe his Olympic spirit rubbed off on Ledecky back then.
Lionel Messi (37) and Lamine Yamal (17) had already shown that communication with a mega star can make a difference. Just a few weeks ago, photos of the two football players appeared that were very memorable on Ledecky and Jordan’s video.
The pictures of Messi and Yamal were taken as part of a charity calendar created by Messi’s club at the time, FC Barcelona.
2024-08-05 18:59:53
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