{"id":506895,"date":"2022-06-19T09:47:16","date_gmt":"2022-06-19T16:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=506895"},"modified":"2022-06-19T17:37:16","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T00:37:16","slug":"world-championships-lilly-king-claims-eighth-spot-into-100m-breaststroke-final-anna-elendt-leads-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-lilly-king-claims-eighth-spot-into-100m-breaststroke-final-anna-elendt-leads-the-way\/","title":{"rendered":"World Championships: Lilly King Claims Eighth Spot Into 100m Breaststroke Final; Anna Elendt Leads The Way"},"content":{"rendered":"

World Championships: Lilly King Claims Eighth Spot Into 100m Breaststroke Final; Anna Elendt Leads The Way<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lilly King<\/strong>‘s bid for an historic third 100m breaststroke is still on after she squeezed into the final in eighth place at the World Championships in Budapest.<\/p>\n

Leisel Jones<\/strong>,\u00a0Luo Xuejuan<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Rebecca Soni<\/strong> \u2013 as well as King \u2013 have all won the title twice and the American booked her spot in Monday’s decider in 1:06.40.<\/p>\n

Anna Elendt<\/strong> led the field in 1:05.62 ahead of Benedetta Pilato<\/strong> (1:05.88) and Tang Qianting<\/strong> (1:05.97)\u00a0with former Olympic and world champion Ruta Meilutyte<\/strong> also through on 1:06.04.<\/p>\n

However, Annie Lazor<\/strong> – the Tokyo 200 breast bronze medallist – was DQd because of non-simultaneous leg movement or alternating movement. Lazor’s disqualification actually is the reason King moved up from ninth and is still alive for a three-peat.<\/p>\n