Indiana's Lilly King Remains Queen of the 200-Meter Breaststroke

Evansville IN

03 May, 2022

3:28 PM

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By John Gibson, WNIN May 3, 2022 Olympic gold medalist Lilly King has qualified for the World Championships. The Evansville native qualified with a first-place finish in the 200-meter breaststroke at the USA Swimming International Team Trials Wednesday night. She beat NCAA champion Kate Douglass and Olympic bronze medalist Annie Lazor. King finished with the fastest time in the world this year, earning her the No. 1 worldwide ranking. The Reitz High School Graduate and IU student, along with Douglass, will represent Team USA at the championships in Budapest this June. 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.