Swimming at the Aquatics FINA World Championships 2019

[ofan 238]

King told reporters that no one from FINA explained the disqualification to her

[sportlover1993 6]

King was asked what happened, she said: “They didn’t tell me.”

[sportlover1993 6]

I think Efimova will easily win her 6th gold medal in the world championships

[orangeman 1,989]

Apparently Oleksiak is also sitting out the morning relay (in addition to Ruck).  https://swimswam.com/day-5-relay-lineups-schmitt-smith-on-american-womens-4x200-prelim/

[ofan 238]

Conspiracy theories that King was DQ'd in retaliation by FINA for speaking out against doping

[Monzanator 4,499]

7 minutes ago, ofan said:

Conspiracy theories that King was DQ'd in retaliation by FINA for speaking out against doping

 

Conspiracy bullshit. It's breaststroke so multiple dolphin kicks are always in play tbh.

[Monzanator 4,499]

And there it is:  Update (10:35 p.m. EST): USA Swimming was reportedly told that King was DQ’d for a non-simultaneous touch on the first turn.

[sportlover1993 6]

Katie Ledecky Back in the Practice Pool in Gwangju

that's means she'll participate this evening with US team

[ofan 238]

 

Qualified for Tokyo

[NearPup 3,045]

The women’s 4x200m free is not the deepest event... 14 teams looking for 12 Olympic tickets.  just sneaked the last spot over .