GWANGJU, South Korea – Indiana University postgraduate swimmer Lilly King won gold in the women's 100m breaststroke on Tuesday at the 2019 FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea.
King, the world record holder in the event, successfully defended her title from 2017, touching the wall with a winning time of 1:04.93. Russia's Yuliya Efimova won silver with a mark of 1:05.49.
The world title is the fifth in the career for King, who also won a pair of gold medals for Team USA in the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics.
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