Team USA swimmer Lilly King qualified Thursday for her second event at the Paris Olympics and also took home another precious metal.
After finishing second in the 200-meter breaststroke at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Indianapolis, King’s longtime boyfriend, James Wells, congratulated her and said spending the last four years as her boyfriend had been an honor. Afterwards he presented her with a ring.
“Yes, yes, yes,” she said, still dripping wet from the run.
She looked at the ring and said, “Oh, it fits perfectly.”
Wells, an alumnus of the swim team at Indiana University in nearby Bloomington, said the time was right to ask for King’s hand in marriage.
“It means a lot to her to be here in front of this crowd,” Wells said after the proposal. “This is the perfect opportunity.”
King, a two-time Olympian, finished the 200-meter breaststroke behind Kate Douglass, passing Gretchen Walsh a few strokes from the wall.
She qualified for her third appearance at the Summer Games by winning the 100-meter breaststroke last Monday in Indianapolis.
King will become the first US swimmer compete in the 100 and 200 meter breaststroke in three consecutive Olympics. She will bring her Hoosier pride to Paris.
“It’s unbelievably special,” she said after her victory on Monday. “We’re a swimming state. I’m very proud of that. And I’m happy to represent us.”
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