GWANGJU: American swimmer Lilly King has been disqualified from the 200-meter breaststroke preliminaries at the world swimming championships.
King won her heat in 2 minutes, 24.56 seconds on Thursday, but was disqualified for not touching the wall with both hands at the same time at the first turn of the four-lap race, according to USA Swimming.
She reacted with shock upon seeing ‘DSQ’ next to her name on the video board.
It was a big blow for King, who was aiming for a sweep of the breaststroke titles in Gwangju. She already won the 100 over Russian rival Yulia Efimova.
(Agencies)
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