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Katie Ledecky gives Stanford commencement keynote address, tells 2012 Olympic story

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Katie Ledecky was the youngest U.S. athlete across all sports at age 15 in 2012 .

She gave a 21-minute keynote address at the commencement for the university's largest graduating class in history.

The 28-year-old said she is no more than seven years older than the graduates.

She said she swam 26,000 miles in her life to set up about 5 1/2 miles of Olympic finals.

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78

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informal

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English

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26

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short-lived

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