“Usually at the Olympic Games all wars are stopping”, she told reporters in a trembling voice while struggling to keep her composure. “No I don’t”, she said.
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“We would encourage people to respect their fellow competitors”.
King, who did not have headphones to hear the translation, rolled her eyes while Efimova was speaking and defended herself for not shaking hands with the Russian.
“I really don’t know how I even reached the final”. “You know, we have some tough young kids in our team and I think that’s something special”, Phelps said. “I think something needs to be done”, said Phelps.
Efimova was.57 seconds behind King, who finished in 1 minute, 4.93 seconds.
American Katie Miele was third in 1:05.69.
King snatched the gold medal in the 100-meter breaststroke final and was quick to say, “It’s incredible, just winning a gold and knowing I did it clean”.
At the news conference, she spoke in a trembling voice and struggled to keep her composure as she acknowledged in broken English she had “made mistakes” and complained at the media coverage she had received. She mocked the gesture in the ready room, beat Efimova’s posted time and wagged her finger again. The 22-time Olympic gold medalist was once photographed while appearing to be smoking from a bong, and was arrested for driving under the influence in 2014.
Lilly King made her point.
After the win, King was asked if her previous statements about Efimova could be considered a statement on behalf of the United States and other athletes.
Efimova, who was the reigning world champion, had been initially barred from the Olympics due to the use of performance-enhancing drugs. Efimova, who won silver, was in tears.
“It makes you sick because you work so hard to get here and cheats are getting away with it”.
Boom! American swimmer Lilly King bested Russia’s Yulia Efimova in the women’s 100-meter breaststroke at the Rio Olympics on Monday, August 8, putting the athletes’ finger-wagging battle to rest once and for all.
Russian Federation denies that its athletes cheat.
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The US-based 24-year-old qualified as the eighth fastest for Tuesday night’s semi-finals of the men’s 100 metres freestyle behind Australians Kyle Chalmers, who was the quickest of a hot field in the heats, and gold medal favourite Cameron McEvoy, who was fourth overall in the preliminary round.
