Salnikov said the stress and uncertainty of the build-up had affected the Russian team as a whole, but his athletes were bearing up well. But because she said those things, she’ll be remembered long after other moments from these Rio Olympics have faded.
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After the race, Efimova broke down, sobbing uncontrollably as she started to speak to journalists. Her latest comments probably won’t do much to change how she has been viewed so far at these Olympics, though.
“I think majority have withstood this test”, he said.
After the race, when she was questioned over her backstage shade, King continued to drag Yulia by her hair.
“You just got caught for drug cheating”. “I’m just not a fan”.
King’s stand is not going unappreciated, partially because it seems to come from a genuine place. “You know, we have some tough young kids in our team and I think that’s something special”, Phelps said.
Either way, King has had her moment of internet fame, and issues between the United States and Russian Federation continue in other realms.
King isn’t the only one who’s made her voice heard. Efimova hung on the lane divider, catching her breath, her taunting finger at rest.
With King’s medal on Monday night, the IU swimming and diving program has now won 64 medals in Olympic history, including 37 gold and 18 bronze. “That we can still compete clean and do well at the Olympic Games, and that’s how it should be”.
And this could be why veteran Olympians like Michael Phelps, who was competing in his 5th Olympic Games in Rio, were frustrated by the lack of progress. He has had the same kind of doubts.
It didn t help her in the pool however, as she failed to qualify for the final of the 200m breaststroke. “What I think is in my heart”. “I think something needs to be done”.
“Reggie Miller, Indiana Pacers, followed me yesterday – that was a pretty big deal for me”, added the Indiana-born swimmer, referring to the former NBA basketball great.
Lilly King accepts her gold medal in the 100-meter breaststroke with silver medalist Yulia Efimova.
“I’m just happy for the United States of America to know I am competing clean and doing what is right”, King said after defeating Efimova in the 100m breaststroke earlier in the week.
American Lilly King on Wednesday refused to back down over slamming the decision to allow drug-tainted swimmers to compete at the Rio Olympics.
If the International Olympic Committee hadn’t bowed down to the Russians to begin with last month, there would have been no such drama.
She is a doping cheat who has previously served a 16-month ban and has also tested positive for meldonium this year.
After her semifinals, King was asked about the finger wave.
Her mom Ginny – a college swimmer herself – said her daughter was born with it.
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“That’s just my personality, she later went on to tell NBC. There should be no bouncing back and forth”.
