Kate Ziegler

Every Journey Has a Story. Kate Ziegler swam over 200,000 miles to get there. Tyson Gay ran over 25,000 miles to get there. Donald Robinson broke more bones than he can remember to get there. For America's hopefuls the trip to Beijing began long before this summer. Every night for two weeks leading up to the opening ceremonies, MOJO in conjunction with USA TODAY profiles Team USA's medal hopefuls.

As a distance swimmer, Kate Ziegler has a lot of laps to count, but she often forgets.

It's not the end of the race but the middle that's hard for Kate Ziegler.

Katie Hoff wins her fifth event, while Kate Ziegler is second.