The U.S. women’s 4×100 medley relay set a world record in 3:49.63. Regan Smith, Gretchen Walsh and Torri Huske were her teammates in the Americans’ victory over defending Olympic champion Australia.
“Just an awesome way to cap off the meet,” King said afterward.
At the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics, King earned silver medals in the 200 breaststroke and 4×100 medley relay and a bronze in the 100 breast.
She narrowly missed the medal stand in the 100 breast in Paris, with one-hundredth of a second separating bronze medalist Mona McSharry of Ireland and the fourth-place tie between King and Italy’s Benedetta Pilato in 1:05.60.
For King, being home in Indiana next week will mean so much.
It was also in Indianapolis last June during the U.S. Olympic swimming trials that boyfriend and former Indiana University swimmer James Wells proposed to her just off the pool deck — and she said yes.
“I have been racing in the IU Natatorium since I was 10 years old,” she wrote. “From state meets, to NCAAs, Nationals, and anything in between, this pool has been my home. I didn’t quite make it 20 years (only 18) of racing in Indy, but this is as close as I’m gonna get! I look forward to racing in front of a home crowd one last time.” (AP) ATK
