Community Watch Parties Planned For King

Evansville IN

26 July, 2021

3:07 PM

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By Sarah Kuper, WNIN July 26, 2021 After an impressive performance at the Rio Olympics, the Reitz graduate is back for more in Tokyo. Before 24 year old Lilly King became an international swimming sensation, she trained and competed at Evansville's Lloyd pool. Now, the City of Evansville, Evansville Otters and 14 news are hosting two watch parties for the public to cheer on Evansville's "favorite daughter" as she swims in two breaststroke events. On Monday, fans are welcome to bring lawn chairs, and blankets to Bosse Field. They can enjoy concessions and watch the race on the scoreboard. Gates open at 7pm and King's race begins a little after 9pm. For her second race on Thursday, July 29th, fans can gather at Mosby pool to swim from 6:30 to 9pm. Olympic coverage will be played on a giant video wall with King swimming at 8:40pm. Both events are free and open to the public. WNIN is the NPR/PBS affiliate in Evansville, Indiana. We serve Southwestern Indiana, Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois from our multimedia facility located on the Ohio River in downtown Evansville. For the past several years, the recognized quality of our local news has placed us among the best small market radio news organizations in the nation.