Lilly King broke the women's 50m breaststroke world record in seeing off rival Yuliya Efimova on Sunday, with the Russian insisting the war-of-words between the pair is now over.
King clocked 29.40 seconds in Sunday's 50m final at the world championships, breaking the four-year-old record, with Efimova taking silver at 0.17 back.
This was the second world record the 20-year-oldRead more
Lilly King of the United States broke the world record for the women's 100m breaststroke on Tuesday in winning the gold at the world aquatics championships.
King clocked one minute 04.13 seconds in the final -- beating Ruta Meilutyte's 2013 record -- with compatriot Katie Meili second at 0.90sec back.
"It is amazing how the world keeps getting faster,"Read more
Lilly King of the United States broke the world record for the women's 100m breaststroke on Tuesday in winning the gold at the world aquatics championships.
King clocked one minute 04.13 seconds in the final -- beating Ruta Meilutyte's 2013 record -- with compatriot Katie Meili second at 0.90sec back.
"It is amazing how the world keeps getting faster,"Read more
American Lilly King produced one of the most popular victories at Rio 2016 on Monday by winning gold in the women's 100-metre breaststroke, denying twice-banned Russian Yulia Efimova in the process.
Efimova was booed upon being introduced to the crowd and when 19-year-old King touched the wall to win in an Olympic record time of 1 minute 4.93 seconds sheRead more