Indiana University swimmer Emily Weiss, who broke Lilly King’s teenage breaststroke records and became a world junior champion, has retired from the sport at age 20. In a 2017 interview, King said of Weiss: “She’s the next Lilly.”More:The next Lilly King is from Indiana, too, already breaking recordsMore:The real Lilly King beats 'next Lilly,' Emily Weiss, in 100 breaststrokeWeiss swam to a a four-year sweep of state titles in the 100-yard breaststroke while at Yorktown High School and set a national record in 2018. She won a gold medal in the 50-meter breaststroke in the under-18 World Junior Championships at Indianapolis in 2017. “With the help from the medical staff here at IU, I have made the decision to medically retire,” she posted. As a sophomore, she broke King’s state record in the 100-yard breaststroke, and then she lowered that to 58.40 seconds the next year.

Source: thestar January 18, 2022 04:47 UTC