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The Guardian
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Lilly King, flinty US swim star, sets retirement for end of 2025 season
American three-time Olympic swimming star and world record holder Lilly King has announced the upcoming Toyota National Championships in Indianapolis will be her final meet on US soil as she prepares to call it a career at the conclusion of the 2025 season. The meet will run Tuesday through Saturday. A longtime breaststroke stalwart, King announced her plans Saturday on Instagram and said swimming her final race in the US in her home state and a pool she's known since her youth 'has always been important to me'. 'Well, folks, my time has come. This will be my final season competing,' she wrote. 'I'm fortunate heading into retirement being able to say I have accomplished everything I have ever wanted in this sport. I feel fulfilled.' This article includes content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. To view this content, click 'Allow and continue'. The 28-year-old King holds the world record in the 100m breaststroke with a time of 1:04.13, set at the 2017 world championships. She won an Olympic gold medal in the 100 breast at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games and also captured Olympic titles on relays in Rio and at her final Olympics last year in Paris. The US women's 4x100 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 4x100 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 US 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.'
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
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. The meet will run Tuesday through Saturday. A longtime breaststroke stalwart, King announced her plans Saturday on Instagram and said swimming her final race in the U.S. in her home state and a pool she's known since her youth 'has always been important to me.' Advertisement 'Well, folks, my time has come. This will be my final season competing," she wrote. "I'm fortunate heading into retirement being able to say I have accomplished everything I have ever wanted in this sport. I feel fulfilled." The 28-year-old King won a gold medal in the 100-meter breaststroke at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games and also captured Olympic titles on relays in Rio and at her final Olympics last year in Paris. The U.S. women's 4x100 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. Advertisement At the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics, King earned silver medals in the 200 breaststroke and 4x100 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. Advertisement '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 Summer Olympics: Janie Mccauley, The Associated Press
Associated Press
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
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. The meet will run Tuesday through Saturday. A longtime breaststroke stalwart, King announced her plans Saturday on Instagram and said swimming her final race in the U.S. in her home state and a pool she's known since her youth 'has always been important to me.' 'Well, folks, my time has come. This will be my final season competing,' she wrote. 'I'm fortunate heading into retirement being able to say I have accomplished everything I have ever wanted in this sport. I feel fulfilled.' The 28-year-old King won a gold medal in the 100-meter breaststroke at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games and also captured Olympic titles on relays in Rio and at her final Olympics last year in Paris. The U.S. women's 4x100 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 4x100 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 Summer Olympics:
NBC Sports
4 days ago
- Sport
- NBC Sports
2025 women's swimming rankings going into Toyota U.S. Championships
In yet another sign of Gretchen Walsh's progression, she goes into next week's Toyota U.S. Swimming Championships ranked No. 1 in the country in four different events. The top two finishers per event — plus up to the top six in the 100m and 200m freestyles for relay purposes — make the team for the World Championships in Singapore in July and August, should they meet a minimum qualifying time and the total roster not exceed 26 swimmers per gender. Walsh followed her first Olympics and first world record in 2024 by again breaking the 100m butterfly world record at her most recent meet — twice in one day at the Tyr Pro Series stop in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She is the fastest woman in the world this year in the 50m and 100m freestyle and 50m and 100m butterfly, according to World Aquatics rankings. Katie Ledecky is the only American woman to win four events at a single spring or summer nationals in the last decade — taking the 200m through 1500m frees at the last two Olympic Trials. The 50m butterfly, which makes its Olympic debut in 2028, hasn't been contested at all of those nationals, though. Nick Zaccardi, Ledecky again tops the seeds in the 400m, 800 and 1500m frees. She hasn't lost any of those three events at nationals since 2012. She's also expected to swim the 200m free to earn a place on the 4x200m free relay at worlds. Regan Smith, an eight-time Olympic medalist, is the No. 1 seed in the 100m and 200m backstrokes and the 200m butterfly and No. 2 in the 50m back and 200m individual medley. 2025 U.S. Women's Swimming Rankings Times taken from USA Swimming's database. Not all swimmers are entered in the U.S. Championships. The late entry deadline is the end of Sunday. 50m Freestyle 1. Gretchen Walsh -- 24.33 2. Torri Huske -- 24.47 3. Simone Manuel -- 24.54 4. Kate Douglass -- 24.62 5. Julia Dennis -- 24.79 100m Freestyle 1. Gretchen Walsh — 52.90 2. Torri Huske -- 52.95 3. Simone Manuel -- 53.11 4. Kate Douglass -- 53.61 5. Rylee Erisman -- 53.78 200m Freestyle 1. Claire Weinstein -- 1:54.93 2. Katie Ledecky -- 1:55.51 3. Erin Gemmell -- 1:56.41 4. Simone Manuel -- 1:57.34 5. Torri Huske -- 1:57.71 400m Freestyle 1. Katie Ledecky — 3:56.81 2. Claire Weinstein -- 4:01.26 3. Jillian Cox -- 4:07.34 4. Erin Gemmell -- 4:09.31 5. Emma Weyant -- 4:09.75 800m Freestyle 1. Katie Ledecky — 8:04.12 2. Jillian Cox -- 8:23.58 3. Claire Weinstein -- 8:26.06 4. Kate Hurst -- 8:30.35 5. Michaela Mattes -- 8:34.76 1500m Freestyle 1. Katie Ledecky — 15:24.51 2. Jillian Cox -- 16:04.13 3. Kate Hurst -- 16:14.26 4. Michaela Mattes -- 16:21.06 5. Kayla Han -- 16:28.92 50m Backstroke 1. Katharine Berkoff -- 27.34 2. Regan Smith -- 27.43 3. Rhyan White -- 27.75 4. Claire Curzan -- 27.86 5. Leah Shackley -- 28.24 100m Backstroke 1. Regan Smith — 57.46 2. Leah Shackley -- 58.53 3. Katharine Berkoff -- 58.79 4. Claire Curzan -- 59.46 5. Kennedy Noble -- 59.63 200m Backstroke 1. Regan Smith — 2:06.32 2. Audrey Derivaux -- 2:06.68 3. Leah Shackley -- 2:08.14 4. Claire Curzan -- 2:08.20 5. Rhyan White -- 2:08.83 50m Breaststroke 1. Skyler Smith -- 30.49 2. Lilly King -- 30.55 3. Emma Weber -- 30.57 4. Alex Walsh -- 30.90 5. Lucy Thomas -- 31.10 100m Breaststroke 1. Kate Douglass -- 1:06.51 2. Emma Weber -- 1:06.63 3. Lilly King -- 1:06.67 4. Alex Walsh -- 1:07.36 5. Skyler Smith -- 1:07.85 200m Breaststroke 1. Kate Douglass -- 2:20.78 2. Alex Walsh -- 2:22.91 3. Leah Hayes -- 2:27.60 4. Isabelle Odgers -- 2:28.89 5. Sarah Zhang -- 2:29.51 50m Butterfly 1. Gretchen Walsh — 24.93 2. Kate Douglass -- 25.39 3. Regan Smith -- 25.63 4. Beata Nelson -- 26.21 5. Torri Huske -- 26.23 100m Butterfly 1. Gretchen Walsh -- 54.60 2. Torri Huske -- 56.59 3. Regan Smith -- 56.85 4. Alex Shackell -- 57.31 5. Leah Shackley -- 57.92 200m Butterfly 1. Regan Smith -- 2:05.38 2. Alex Shackell -- 2:06.13 3. Audrey Derivaux -- 2:06.46 4. Lindsay Looney -- 2:08.59 5. Caroline Bricker -- 2:09.39 200m Individual Medley 1. Alex Walsh -- 2:08.84 2. Regan Smith -- 2:10.25 3. Leah Hayes -- 2:11.12 4. Audrey Derivaux -- 2:11.53 5. Isabel Ivey -- 2:12.52 400m Individual Medley 1. Emma Weyant -- 4:33.95 2. Leah Hayes -- 4:38.78 3. Kayla Han -- 4:40.58 4. Audrey Derivaux -- 4:41.48 5. Katie Grimes -- 4:42.48
CBC
6 days ago
- General
- CBC
Canadian swim star Summer McIntosh confirms she's joining famed coach Bob Bowman's program
Social Sharing Canadian swimming phenom Summer McIntosh is making it official that following July's world swimming championships she'll be moving to Texas to be coached by Bob Bowman, who famously guided American Michael Phelps to a record 23 Olympic gold medals. In an exclusive interview with CBC Sports on the pool deck at Toronto's Pan Am Sports Centre on Tuesday, McIntosh said she's committed to Bowman's pro team in Austin, Texas and will be moving there starting late August. "I think there's a lot of excitement and I think it was something that most people could have guessed even when I started off just because I do similar events to what Bob coaches," McIntosh said. "Some might say it was basically inevitable, but I think now that it's actually happening, hopefully people will be excited." Bowman served as a coach on the U.S. Olympic team from 2004-2016, and was head coach at Arizona State University from 2015 to 2024. The 59-year-old moved to the U of Texas last year and leads what is widely regarded as the top training group in the world, including Frenchman Leon Marchand, who won four gold medals in Paris last summer, and American stars Regan Smith and Simone Manuel. In a February interview with CBC Sports, McIntosh said she was leaving Sarasota and hinted at this being her next move, but that she wanted to visit the University of Texas, where Bowman leads the swim program and also runs a professional program, to get a better sense of if she would fit in. Summer McIntosh on decision to train under Michael Phelps' former coach 8 minutes ago Duration 14:00 McIntosh is now ready to make the leap, where she will be swimming with Bowman's professional program rather than the NCAA. "Bob has been absolutely incredible throughout the whole process, and I knew that at some point I was going to make the move, so him making it so easy and being so welcoming, I'm really excited for next season," she said. McIntosh, 18, has a goal of five individual gold medals at the L.A. 2028 Olympics and feels moving to Bowman, a coach who knows how to navigate intense individual programs, gives her the best chance of doing that. In Paris last summer, McIntosh became the first Canadian athlete ever to win three Olympic gold medals at one Games. "Michael Phelps is the greatest of all time and he was absolutely incredible, and Bob not only created Michael but so many other amazing swimmers as well, so it just shows the consistency of his coaching and his craft, and it gives me a lot of confidence," McIntosh said. "I know I can trust him wholeheartedly with my training. "I have really big goals and I know that he can match that with the work that he gives me and all of his things that he knows. I can go into a program having full confidence in the training I do day to day and be alongside so many amazing and like-minded athletes and swimmers." But before she moves to Austin at the end of August, McIntosh will be busy. She's currently in Toronto getting in some final training before heading to Victoria next week for the start of the Canadian swimming trials, which will determine the swimmers who will represent Canada at the world championships in Singapore in late July. McIntosh has spent the majority of this year training in France under the guidance of French Olympic coach Fred Vergnoux. He is a highly accomplished coach who has led swimmers to Olympic gold medals, hundreds of individual records and podium finishes. McIntosh said she's been thriving in the highly competitive environment created by Vergnoux at the swimming club in Antibes. "Fred's absolutely amazing. He's so funny and he's such a smart guy as well," she said. "I can really trust him with my training and the culture he's created at Antibes and the whole group is so like-minded. Everyone knows when they get in the water that he's going to expect your best and we bring that every single day and I think we kind of feed off each other's energy." She likes that there's a personal care Vergnoux brings to his coaching. McIntosh reflects after silver medal at short course worlds as 'one of the best meets of my life' 5 months ago Duration 1:24 "I think what's so amazing is he's getting to know us as swimmers, he wants to connect on a more personal level and have that individual relationship with each swimmer," McIntosh said. "Which I think is also really important to connect on that level emotionally because I think swimming is such a big part of our lives, but you've got to know the whole person to know how to kind of handle and build a relationship with them outside of the pool." McIntosh said Vergnoux will be in Victoria coaching her at trials and through to the world championships. What events she intends to compete in at worlds this upcoming July is still not fully clear at this point. She has confirmed four of the five events; the 400m freestyle, 200m and 400m individual medleys and 200m butterfly events are locked in, but the fifth and final event of her program still remains a mystery. McIntosh will be listed in all of the aforementioned events at trials in Victoria. She's also entered in the 800m freestyle, 200m freestyle and 200m backstroke, though it's unlikely she will swim in all of those events. "I'm not exactly sure what I'm going to do yet, but those are kind of in my top three right now," she said. McIntosh said she has been adding more distance training to her program in the leadup to trials, perhaps suggesting the 800m freestyle is likely her fifth event. WATCH | 'She's being so dramatic': Summer McIntosh races high diver Molly Carlson: 'She's being so dramatic': Summer McIntosh races high diver Molly Carlson 27 days ago Duration 1:26 The collab we didn't know we needed! Canadian high diver Molly Carlson talks about what it was like to race fellow Red Bull athlete and Canadian swimming phenom Summer McIntosh. More of this please. "You need to have a very strong aerobic base to get you through day eight, day nine, and things like that. I'm definitely implementing more distance into my training and the French program's also like that, so definitely do more mileage and stuff like that." Canadian swimming trials run June 7-12 and McIntosh will be competing every day of the event, beginning with the 400m freestyle and 200m IM on opening day. More than anything, she's looking forward to seeing familiar faces on a Canadian swimming team continuing to make waves on the international scene. "Team Canada and Swimming Canada is such a family. All the swimmers are super close on the team, and I think that's what makes us thrive so well," McIntosh said. "We have such good team camaraderie that it really helps us in hard moments and really amazing moments because we always bond in those kinds of situations."
