By Annie Grevers
Lilly King’s American record-crushing breaststroke performances at the 2016 NCAAs as well as her No. 1 world ranking by a half-second in the 100-meter breast (1:05.20) leave little room for doubt: she appears to be the future of American and, perhaps, world breaststroke.
Still, she’ll have plenty of competition in Rio. After an off year, Lithuania’s Ruta Meilutyte seems to have shifted into high gear, dropping beneath the 1:06 barrier once again.
Yuliya Efimova, who tested positive for a banned substance for the second time in her career this year, was added to the Russian roster in June, but later declared ineligible by the IOC in July. That should pave the way to the podium for Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson—the Texas A&M Aggie was fourth four years ago in London, third at last year’s Worlds and clocked 1:05.93 last November in Dubai.
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