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Lilly King is Winning World Cup Events Coming Off of an 8-Week Break

2022 FINA WORLD CUP – TORONTO

DAY TWO FINALS HEAT SHEET

Lilly King wasted no time returning to her racing ways, besting the field in the 200 breast and nearly taking down a red-hot Ruta Meilutyte in the 100 breast. After her races, King told the media that she took an 8-week break this summer to completely reset heading into the final push before the 2024 Paris Olympics. King said she’s never taken more than 3 weeks off before and that it has done her good.

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2 years ago

Is there another sport that is afraid of breaks like ours?

The most compatible sport in terms of training quantity during our seasons was wrestling, and even those guys took months off or did a different sport/training.

Becky D
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2 years ago

Wrestling?

Weinstein-Smith-Ledecky-Sims
2 years ago

Kate Douglass has not swam the women’s 200 meter breaststroke at the 2022 FINA World Cup.

Steve Nolan
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2 years ago

Dude me neither.

Owlmando
Reply to  Steve Nolan
2 years ago

Dang same

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