US EditionAmerican Swimming Star Lilly King Announces Farewell Season, Final US Competition
- Lilly King, a U.S. Swimmer with three Olympic gold medals and a world record in breaststroke, announced that the Toyota National Championships in Indianapolis in June 2025 will be her last competition on American soil before retiring.
- King plans to retire at the end of the 2025 season after a career highlighted by Olympic gold medals and multiple world records in breaststroke events.
- She set the 100-meter breaststroke world record at 1:04.13 during the 2017 World Championships and won gold in the same event at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
- King announced on Instagram that this season will be her last as a competitor, describing Indianapolis—the place where she has been racing since she was 10 years old—as her "home pool." She expressed gratitude for reaching all her goals in the sport as she approaches retirement.
- The upcoming Toyota National Championships, running June 3-7, will mark King's last race before retirement and a final chance to compete in front of her home crowd in Indiana.
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Olympic Legend Lilly King Announces Decision On Swimming Future
Swimmer Sent Home From Olympics After Sneaking Around With Her Boyfriend (1:04) One of the great swimmers in U.S. Olympic history is reportedly hanging up her goggles at the end of the 2025 season.On Saturday, Sports Illustrated's Pat Forde shared that 28-year-old record-holder Lilly King has decided to retire at the conclusion of the World Championships in Singapore later this summer.Per Forde: "Lilly King, world-record holder in the 100 [breas…
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American swimming star Lilly King announces farewell season, final US competition
American three-time Olympic swimming star Lilly King has announced the upcoming Toyota National Championships in Indianapolis will be her final meet on U.S. soil as she prepares to call it a career at the conclusion of the 2025 season.
Lilly King Announces final competitive season
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) -- Lilly King has announced this upcoming competitive season will be her last. The Olympic swimmer from Evansville took to social media to make the announcement. "This will be my final season competing," King said. "I’m fortunate heading into retirement being able to say I have accomplished everything I have ever wanted in this sport." King will end her final season at the Toyota National Championships in Indianapolis on Ju…
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