2024 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS
Athletes are gaining extra than simply the Olympic rings beside their names at this meet; within the case of Lilly King, she additionally gained an engagement ring.
After the ladies’s 200 breaststroke, the place she earned her third Olympic berth within the occasion, King’s longtime accomplice James Wells popped the query within the media combined zone.
King has represented the U.S. in each breaststroke occasions on the previous two Olympics, and formally made it three after her end within the 200 breast tonight. The Hoosier clocked 2:21.93 for 2nd, a season finest and her quickest since final yr’s staff trials. On the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, King earned the silver medal on this occasion after failing to advance out of semis in Rio. She had already booked her ticket to Paris by profitable the 100 breaststroke earlier within the meet.
Wells additionally swam for Indiana College, graduating in 2014. He was a flexible athlete, swimming every part however breaststroke for the Hoosiers all through his 4 yr profession. He earned back-to-back Huge Ten titles within the 100 backstroke in 2012 and 2013. The final time Wells swam competitively was on the 2021 Wave 1 Olympic Trials, the place he competed within the 100 again.