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American Lilly King says Gatlin, Gay and other U.S. cheats should be banned

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RIO DE JANEIRO - Swimming star Lilly King took her crusade against doping to a new level following her victory in the 100-meter breaststroke final on Sunday, by insisting that American athletes previously banned for drug offenses should have been kicked out of the United States team.

King relegated Russia's Yulia Efimova, a confirmed drug cheat who was controversially reinstated into the Olympic program just hours before competition started last week, to the silver medal after a long war of words regarding whether her rival should have been allowed to swim.