Lilly King, the world’s best breaststroker, qualified for the Olympics earlier this week. That was never in doubt.
But Annie Lazor, who finished third in the 100m breast on Tuesday to miss the team by one spot, gets one final shot to make her first Olympics in Friday’s 200m breast final.
She’s the No. 2 seed, just behind King, her training partner the last three years in Bloomington, Indiana. They’re bonded by more than all those laps in the pool.
On April 25, Lazor’s father, David, died suddenly at home.