5-time gold medalist Missy Franklin on Katie Ledecky's greatness, US swim team's outlook for 2024 Paris

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Katie Ledecky is widely considered the greatest swimmer of this generation. 

Earlier this summer, she added to her incredible list of accomplishments at the 2023 World Championships in Japan. Ledecky has particularly dominated in the 800 freestyle, and after her favorite race, she became the first swimmer in history to win six world titles at the same event.

Ledecky now has 16 world swimming titles, surpassing fellow all-time great Michael Phelps. She has propelled the U.S. swim team to greatest for more than a decade, and she will likely continue to leave millions of Americans in awe at next summer's Olympic Games in Paris.

"I feel lucky we're just lucky to be alive in the Katie Ledecky era," Olympic champion swimmer and Ledecky's former teammate Missy Franklin told Fox News Digital. 

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Katie Ledecky, left, and Missy Franklin participate in the medal ceremony for the Womens 200 Meter Freestyle during Day Four of the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Swimming Trials at CenturyLink Center on June 29, 2016 in Omaha, Nebraska. (Al Bello/Getty Images)

Ledecky initially tied Phelps’ record for individual titles at the world championships, when she won the in 1,500-meter freestyle.

"It's an honor. I've known Michael for many years now, looked up to him as a little kid," Ledecky said in a press conference after tying Phelps.

"Just never really imagined I would be in this position. It's always an honor to win a medal for Team USA, especially gold. Just going to keep going and continue to do my best every time I race."

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