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USA’s King DQ’d in world 200 breaststroke prelim
GWANGJU, South Korea — American Lilly King was disqualified from the 200-meter breaststroke preliminaries at the world swimming championships on Thursday. King won the third heat in 2 minutes, 24.56 seconds, but was disqualified for not touching the wall with both hands at the same time in the first turn of the four-lap race, according …
Swimmer Adam Peaty just smashed the world record for the men’s 100-meter breaststroke
Swimming phenom Adam Peaty beat his own record time for the men’s 100-meter breaststroke early Sunday, becoming the first man to finish the race in under 57 seconds. The 24-year-old Brit clocked in at 56.88, nearly two seconds ahead of his opponents, in the event’s semifinals at the 2019 World Aquatic Championships in Gwangju, South …
