Nelly Korda watches Katie Ledecky win 800m gold, checks off bucket list item at the Paris Olympics- "That's something I watched as a kid"

World No. 1 golfer Nelly Korda is in Paris to compete in the ongoing Olympics. Before teeing off at Le Golf National, Korda witnessed Katie Ledecky claim her second gold medal in Paris, winning the Women's 800m freestyle swimming.

At a pre-tournament press conference for the Women's golf event, Nelly Korda was asked about which Olympic sports she had managed to catch. The world number one golfer revealed swimming was one of the two sports she had watched, and went on to describe her experience. She said:

"Swimming. I caught Katie Ledecky win the 800 which is really cool and a couple of the relays. So that was really exciting. That's something that I watched as a kid was swimming and gymnastics. So getting to do that in person was definitely a bucket list thing."

Golf fans will get to witness Nelly Korda in action at Le Golf National on August 7th. Korda will tee off at 9:55 AM (local Paris time) alongside Jin Young Ko (South Korea) and Ruoning Yin (China). A lot of eyes will be on Korda, as she is the defending champion, having secured gold at the delayed Tokyo Olympics.

Who will Nelly Korda face at the 2024 Olympics?

Nelly Korda posing with the gold medal she won at the Tokyo Olympics [Image via Imagn]

At the 2024 Olympics in Paris, Nelly Korda will team up with Lilia Vu and Rose Zhang in a bid to win a gold medal for Team USA. She will be competing against some fierce opponents in Paris. Here is the complete list of women set to represent their countries at the ongoing Olympics:

Australia - Hannah Green, Minjee Lee
Austria - Emma Spitz
Belgium - Manon De Roey
Canada - Brooke Henderson, Alena Sharp
China - Ruoning Yin, Xiyu Lin
Chinese Taipei - Peiyun Chien, Wei-Ling Hsu
Colombia - Mariajo Uribe
Czech Republic - Klara Davidson Spilkova, Sara Kouskova
Denmark - Emily Kristine Pedersen, Nanna Koerstz Madsen
Finland - Ursala Wikstrom, Noora Komulainen
France - Celine Boutier, Perrine Delacour
Germany - Esther Henseleit, Alexandra Forsterling
Great Britain - Charley Hull, Georgia Hall
India - Aditi Ashok, Diksha Dagar
Ireland - Leona Maguire, Stephanie Meadow
Italy - Alessandra Fanali
Japan - Yuka Saso, Miyu Yamashita
Malaysia - Ashley Lau
Mexico - Gaby Lopez, Maria Fassi
Netherlands - Anne van Dam, Dewi Weber
New Zealand - Lydia Ko, Momoka Kobori
Norway - Celine Borge, Madelene Stavnar
Philippines - Bianca Pagdanganan, Dottie Ardina
Scotland - Gemma Dryburgh
Singapore - Shannon Tan
Slovenia - Ana Belac
South Africa - Ashleigh Buhai, Paula Reto
South Korea - Jin Young Ko, Amy Yang, Hyo Koo Kim
Spain - Carlota Ciganda, Azahara Munoz
Sweden - Maja Stark, Linn Grant
Switzerland - Albane Valenzuela, Morgane Metraux
Thailand - Atthaya Thitikul, Patty Tavatanakit
United States - Nelly Korda, Lilia Vu, Rose Zhang