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Lilly King claims spot at her third Olympics

WFIU | By Katy Szpak
Published June 18, 2024 at 3:22 PM EDT
Lilly King at the women’s 100-meter breaststroke final at the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, on June 17, 2024.
Lilly King at the women’s 100-meter breaststroke final at the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, on June 17, 2024.

Five-time Olympic medalist Lilly King punched her ticket to the 2024 Paris Games — her third-straight Olympics — Monday night at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

The Evansville native was cheered on by a hometown crowd as she took the win for the 100-meter breaststroke at U.S. Olympic Team Trials. She finished with a time of 1:05.43, the only time under 1:06. She also ranks the fourth fastest time in the world this season.

Lilly King at the women’s 100-meter breaststroke final at the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, on June 17, 2024.
Lilly King at the women’s 100-meter breaststroke final at the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, on June 17, 2024. (Trent Barnhart/Indiana Athletics)

King currently holds the world record for the fastest women’s 100-meter breaststroke at 1:04.13, which she set at the 2017 World Championships.

Indiana University’s all-time leading medal-winner among women’s athletes, King becomes IU’s first women’s swimmer to reach a third Olympics.
Katy Szpak
Katy Szpak is a Digital News Journalist for Indiana Public Media. She was raised in Crown Point, Indiana, and graduated from IU Bloomington with a degree in Journalism. She has previously worked at The Media School at IU.
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