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Lilly King Resets World #1 100 Breast Just Hours After Yulia Efimova

2018 TYR PRO SWIM SERIES – SANTA CLARA

Lilly King reclaimed her spot atop the 2018 world rankings in the 100 breast Saturday afternoon, just hours after Russian Yulia Efivoma topped it, continuing one of the biggest rivalries in swimming right now.

King split 30.92/34.69 en route to her new world #1 time of 1:05.61.

Efimova went 1:05.78 Saturday morning at the Canet stop of the Mare Nostrum Tour. King had already been sub-1:06 in the race once this year, having gone 1:05.90 in Indianapolis last month; Japan’s Reona Aoki had also been 1:05.90 this year.

2017-2018 LCM WOMEN 100 BREAST

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06/29
1.04.98
2Lilly
King
USA1:05.3607/28
3Molly
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USA1.05.7807/28
4reona
AOKI
JPN1.05.9004/05
5Katie
MEILI
USA1.06.1907/28
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King was in a league of her own Saturday in Santa Clara: Mexico’s Melissa Rodriguez took second in the race with a 1:08.38, followed by Rachel Bernhardt in 1:08.75.

Asked after her race if she had seen Efimova’s time before swimming, King responded (with a grin): “Of course I did.”

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Swimmers Ear
6 years ago

YEfimova will have a couple more 100 breasts in the next week+ at Mare Nostrum. So, interesting to watch. 1:05s. during heavy training cycles. Sh

SwimPop
6 years ago

JMHO, this is healthy and fun as hell to watch.

Tm71
Reply to  SwimPop
6 years ago

Yes there haven’t been many grudge matches like this in swimming history

Taa
6 years ago

Yuliya probably will have a couple swims this week to try and take it back

Tm71
6 years ago

Love how king always one ups dopamova

Carol Glover
6 years ago

And that should surprise no one:)

Roch
6 years ago

YAAAAAAASSSSS I can’t wait to see that interview footage!

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Torrey is from Oakland, CA, and majored in media studies and American studies at Claremont McKenna College, where she swam distance freestyle for the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps team. Outside of SwimSwam, she has bylines at Sports Illustrated, Yahoo Sports, SB Nation, and The Student Life newspaper.

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