The world’s best breaststroker is swimming in a pond.
Lilly King, the Olympic and world champion and world-record holder in the 100m breaststroke, and other Olympic hopefuls who usually splash at the University of Indiana now train twice a week in a Bloomington subdivision pond, according to the Indianapolis Star.
“Definitely never thought I would be swimming open water,” King joked of the Olympic 10km event that debuted in 2008. “But it’s kind of been a nice little change here.”
King has been joined by fellow national teamers Cody Miller (Rio Olympic 100m breast silver medalist), Zane Grothe and Annie Lazor among, in one session, seven total swimmers, according to the report.