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By David Rieder.<\/em><\/p>\n

From the moment television cameras caught Lilly King<\/strong> wagging her finger at a shot of Yulia Efimova<\/strong>\u00a0during the Olympic Games, the rivalry between the two has been on.<\/p>\n

King, after qualifying ahead of Efimova for the women\u2019s 100 breast final in Rio, told the world why she didn\u2019t think Efimova deserved to be competing at the Olympics considering her history of testing positive for banned substances. And she backed up that talk the next day, holding off Efimova down the stretch to earn her first Olympic gold medal.<\/p>\n

One year later at the World Championships in Budapest, the rivalry has been ratcheted up a notch. Neither one has spoken any incendiary words about the other, but their efforts in the pool have already far eclipsed anything either woman put up last season.<\/p>\n

In Monday night\u2019s semi-finals, Efimova dealt the first blow. Swimming in the first of two semi-final heats, she blasted a lightning-quick 33.67 split on the second 50 and came into the wall in 1:04.36, just one hundredth shy of Ruta Meilutyte\u2019s<\/strong> four-year-old world record.<\/p>\n

Efimova turned to check the scoreboard, and a huge smile crossed her face. She jubilantly raised her index finger and wagged it. King, watching in the ready room, took note.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m always looking at results from the heat before, and I saw the little finger wag,\u201d King said. \u201cI saw it.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Going off in the second heat, King went out in 29.90, under world-record pace, and faded only slightly down the stretch, coming into the wall in 1:04.53\u2014her lifetime best time and four tenths faster than she swam on her way to Olympic gold last year.<\/p>\n

King nodded her head and smiled, even with the night\u2019s events setting her up as a decided underdog for the final.<\/p>\n

\u201cI went a best time by about a half-second\u2014does that explain it?\u201d King said. \u201cFelt pretty good. I think I\u2019ve got something left in the tank. Haven\u2019t shaved yet, so I think we\u2019re going to be good for tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Efimova had nothing to say to the media after her race. As she walked through the mixed zone, a FINA representative asked her to stop for comment. She responded with one word: \u201cTomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n

With King seemingly having more in the tank with a shave-down to come and Efimova having already been just one hundredth off the world record, the dual for gold seems set. But what if it\u2019s not just a two-woman showdown? What if there was someone else who has swum that fast one lane over?<\/p>\n

Well, there will be: Meilutyte. The 20-year-old from Lithuania was a non-factor in the Olympic final, finishing seventh, but she won Olympic gold in the event as a 15-year-old, and one year later, she won a World title in the 100 breasts after establishing the still-standing world record in the semi-final.<\/p>\n

In Monday\u2019s semi-finals in Budapest, she got as close to her top form as she has in years. As King swam her way to the sixth-fastest mark in history in semi-final No. 2, Meilutyte was right on her heels, and she finished in 1:05.06.<\/p>\n

After how far out of contention she fell last year, it felt all the sweeter for Meilutyte to put up a time so close to her best, to be right back in the mix.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always believed in myself,\u201d she said. \u201cI think in Rio wasn\u2019t my full potential, and I think I am yet to be at my peak. I never really doubted myself\u2014obviously it wasn\u2019t easy\u2014so I am very happy.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In the final, all the attention will rightfully be on the two swimmers in the middle lanes, Efimova and King, but it would be unwise to count out someone who has at one time been quicker than either of them ever have and is still just 20\u2014the same age as King, who only emerged as an international force last year, and five years younger than Efimova.<\/p>\n

When King was asked after her semi-final swim what it would take to win gold in the final, she responded, \u201cFaster.\u201d Maybe, but don\u2019t be shocked if the world record chase takes a back seat to what\u2019s sure to be a hyper-intense race for gold.<\/p>\n

King stepped up to the plate last year and took the crown, but Efimova has swum some of the best races of her career so far in 2017. Meilutyte looms as a dark horse, as does American Katie<\/strong> Meili<\/strong>, who swam a lifetime best time of 1:05.48 to qualify fourth. It shapes up to be the fastest women\u2019s 100 breast final in history.<\/p>\n

When it\u2019s all over, expect to see one of two women wagging their finger again. Whoever that\u00a0is will look straight ahead, not at the other. But will it be Efimova turning the tables, or can King come through again?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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