King earns silver in 200 breaststroke

Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images Silver medalist Lilly King of Team United States, gold medalist Tatjana Schoenmaker of Team South Africa and bronze medalist Annie Lazor of Team United States pose on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Women’s 200m Breaststroke Final on day seven of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo Aquatics Centre on July 30, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.When she failed to qualify for the finals of the 200-meter breaststroke at the 2016 Rio Summer Games, Lilly King vowed she’d be better in the next Olympiad. Five years later, she followed through.

King captured her second medal of the Tokyo Games, taking silver in the 200 with a personal-best time of 2:19.92 to give…