Swimmer Lilly King Calls out Russian Competitor’s Finger Wag: ‘You’ve Been Caught for Drug Cheating’

Olympic Swimmer Lilly King Calls Out Russian Competitor’s Finger Wag: ‘You’ve Been Caught for Drug Cheating’ (The Washington Free Beacon)

U.S. Olympic swimmer Lilly King took exception to a cocky finger-wag by Russian competitor Yulia Efimova, telling NBC after her 100-meter breaststroke competition that Efimova was a cheater and she was “not a fan.”

Cameras caught the 19-year-old King looking disdainfully at a TV monitor showing Efimova wagging her finger defiantly after winning her semifinal event with a time of 1 minute, 5.72 seconds. King wagged her finger back at the monitor, then went out and promptly swam a 1:05.70 to take the No. 1 seed heading into Monday night’s medal competition.

Efimova was banned last month from the Olympics as part of the Russian state-sponsored doping scandal, and previously in her career was suspended for more than a year for doping. She was reinstated to the Olympic competition at the last minute, however, and she was greeted by boos before and after her race on Sunday.