U.S. Olympic Trials: Kate Douglass Wins 200 Breast; Lilly King Gets Engaged After Finishing Second

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U.S. Olympic Trials: Kate Douglass Wins 200 Breast; Lilly King Gets Engaged After Finishing Second

Every event at the U.S. Olympic Trials is loaded with talent, but the women’s 200 breaststroke has a triumvirate of stars who could each win Olympic gold in the event.

Kate Douglass, Lilly King and Alex Walsh are all that talented.

But in the end, it was Douglass with the event win and King with the life win as she got engaged following the race after earning a spot on the Olympic team.

Back to the race.

It has the feelings of the men’s sprint events a generation ago when only two spots were available for Nathan Adrian, Anthony Ervin and Cullen Jones. Two of them were going to make it and medal in both the 100 and 50 free. The other one wasn’t going to make the team.

Same situation with the women’s 200 breaststroke.

The first 50 went to Douglass in 31.58, just ahead of King. Douglass continued her long stroke to build a lead at the 100at 1:06.93 as Walsh and King turned nearly even.

As Douglass pulled away, the battle for second continued. Walsh was second at the 150 mark, which happened in semis before King overtook her late.

This time, King did it again, passing Walsh in the final 10 meters to take the second spot.

Douglass set the meet record in 2:19.46. King was second in 2:21.93 and Walsh got to the wall third in 2:22.38.

Ella Nelson took fourth in 2:23.95 a strong finish at the Olympic Trials.

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