Olympic swimmer Lilly King got engaged immediately after qualifying for Paris in the 200 breaststroke

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - JUNE 17: Lilly King of the United States reacts after the Women's 100m breaststroke final on Day Three of the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Swimming Trials at Lucas Oil Stadium on June 17, 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 776105333 ORIG FILE ID: 2158033948

INDIANAPOLIS — Lilly King had already locked herself into a spot on Team USA's 2024 Paris Olympics roster with a 100-meter breaststroke victory Monday at U.S. Olympic swimming trials at Lucas Oil Stadium. She's the world record holder, after all.

And then Thursday night, she finished second to former Virginia swimmer Kate Douglass in the 200-meter breaststroke.

At U.S. trials, only the winner is guaranteed a spot in the event, and the second-place finisher isn't a lock but definitely very likely. So King is expected return to the Olympics in both breaststroke events.

What the 27-year-old swimmer and now-three-time Olympian probably didn't expect was what followed her final swim at trials.

After leaving the competition pool after the 200 breaststroke final, King walked down the stairs toward the warm-down pool and found her boyfriend, James Wells, waiting for her. The pair chatted, and then Wells — who was also an Indiana University breaststroker, like King — reached into his pocket, got down on one knee and proposed.

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