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Rio Olympics 2016: USA's Lilly King backs up talk with win over Russian Yulia Efimova

American swimmer Lilly King backed up her ridicule of Russian breaststroker Yulia Efimova by beating the controversial swimmer in the 100-meter breaststroke Monday in Rio.

King became a fan favorite Sunday after calling out the Russian for her previous positive drug tests as she took the top seed by 0.02 seconds. In Monday night's final, King used a powerful turnover rate to lead at the halfway mark and held on over the final 10 meters to win with a new Olympic record time of 1 minute, 4.93 seconds.

Efimova, who was showered with boos as she was introduced, finished second with a time of 1:05.