Lilly King made her point.
She made it soaking wet, wordlessly, in just a little more than a minute. She won the women’s 100-meter breaststroke at the 2016 Olympic Games in an Olympic record time of 1:04.93.
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And then she repeated her position with a few short words, still a bit damp but every bit as emphatic.
“I hope I did,” King said. “You know: that we can still compete clean and do well at the Olympic Games. And that’s how it should be.