Lilly King (photo: Jack Spitser)
Olympic champion, world champion and world record holder Lilly King was on fire in May. She dropped the number one times in the world in both the 50m and 100m breast at the Bloomington Pro Swim. In Indianapolis at the FINA Champions Series, in front of a home crowd, Lilly beat Russian rival Yulia Efimova not once, not twice, but 3 times in all 3 breaststroke distances, registering a lifetime best in the 200.
Is there still beef with Yulia? Watch the video, but it sounds like in Lilly’s opinion, that was media-hype and it’s over now.
In King’s spring GMM video (see video below), she was straightforward about 2019 World Championships in South Korea. She wants to sweep the breaststroke events, and she wants to see 1:03 on the board in the 100m breast. Her personal best is 1:04.13 from the 2017 World Championships in Budapest. I think she’ll dip under 1:04. I see her going 1:03.7.
2019 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS PREDICTIONS
King sweeps the 50 and 100 breaststroke in world record pace. Lilly wins the 200 breast, but she’s shy of the world record. Lilly picks up a third world record in the 4×100 medley relay.
What do you think?
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200 breaststroke, she’s not gonna win… not even medal at the event!!!
win 50, and I hope efimova could beat her at 100 breast
hehehe , nice dreams but …..Lilly has more guts .
When Lily & her family are caught up in a vicious civil war & displaced , lets see how she goes .
Lily won this battle but Russia won the 2016 election. Can we call it even & move on ?
Lilly King and Yulia Efimova need to take that beef to the street.
What FINA should do is have a TV show like big brother where the swimmers would settle the scores before the meet. They should have King, Efimova, Sjostrom, Blume and Cody Miller as cameraman to document it all. I’m sure that might have even higher ratings than the actual meet.
Yulia will have a much better post career. That’s is longer than swimming life. One reason alone… looks and Lilly…can’t…get…over…it…
i highly doubt her career will be much longer after Tokyo ….
The high turnover/super narrow kick breast is just not a 200 LCM stroke. Ask Mr. Peaty.
One of the best races I’ve seen was the 200 breast at 2016 nationals, Peaty out in 60.68. Heroic.
Do I still have beef with Tom Shields?
dude……
That’s why he goes by @beefytshields.
the 200 will improve ….but she is not a medal threat there
Thanks mel. 👎🏻