{"id":2275365,"date":"2024-06-21T17:02:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T21:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/olympic-champion-gets-sweet-surprise-after-qualifying-for-third-straight-games\/"},"modified":"2024-06-21T17:03:56","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T21:03:56","slug":"olympic-champion-gets-sweet-surprise-after-qualifying-for-third-straight-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/olympic-champion-gets-sweet-surprise-after-qualifying-for-third-straight-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Champion Delighted by Unexpected Treat After Securing Spot in Third Consecutive Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Folympic-champion-gets-sweet-surprise-after-qualifying-for-third-straight-games%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2275365&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Olympic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-times-columnist-fears-fbi-raid-will-re-elect-trump\/\" title=\"NY Times Columnist Fears FBI Raid \"Will Re-Elect Trump\"\">champion swimmer<\/a> Lilly King\u200c experienced \u200ba \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-hypes-u-s-snowboarder-tessa-maud-for-praising-genocide-games\/\" title=\"China Hypes U.S. Snowboarder Tessa Maud for Praising Genocide Games\">heartfelt moment<\/a> this week when, after qualifying for her third consecutive Summer Olympics, set to be held in Paris in 2024, \u200cshe was proposed to by her boyfriend.\u2062 The 27-year-old American swimmer had just secured her place in the Olympics \u200bduring\u2063 the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/australian-swimmer-pulls-out-of-olympic-trials-over-misogynistic-perverts\/\" title=\"Australian Swimmer Pulls Out Of Olympic Trials Over \u2018Misogynistic Perverts\u2019\">swimming trials<\/a> in Indianapolis. Following her success in the pool, \u200bshe was surprised by\u200b her boyfriend,\u200c former Indiana swimmer\u2063 James Wells, who proposed to\u2062 her \u200dright after she finished her event. An ecstatic King accepted the proposal without\u200c hesitation, marking a celebratory moment amid cheers and\u2063 applause from those \u2063present. This romantic gesture added a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/golf-koepka-wins-pga-championship-as-magic-block-shines-at-oak-hill\/\" title=\"Koepka triumphs at PGA Championship with Block's magic at Oak Hill.\">personal triumph<\/a> \u2062to her professional achievements.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span>Olympic champion swimmer Lilly King got a sweet surprise this week after she qualified for her third <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mlb-where-do-teams-stand-as-the-regular-season-winds-down\/\" title=\"MLB: Where Do Teams Stand As The Regular Season Winds Down?\">straight games<\/a>, ensuring her trip to Paris for the 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/olympics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Summer Olympics<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Thursday, the 27-year-old Team USA Swimmer competed <\/span><span>in the U.S. Olympic swimming trials in Indianapolis, and after qualifying for her second event, she got a different kind of gold, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/paris-2024-summer-olympics\/lilly-king-2024-paris-olympics-swimming\/3469112\/\"><span>NBC Chicago<\/span><\/a><span>  reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Stepping out of the pool, King was greeted by her boyfriend, former Indiana swimmer James Wells, who got down on one knee and proposed.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">After Lilly King qualified for her second race for the Paris Olympics, her fianc\u00e9 gave her a ring of her own. \ud83d\udc8d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SwimTrials24?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SwimTrials24<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UgnfeyJYgO\">pic.twitter.com\/UgnfeyJYgO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBC Sports (@NBCSports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCSports\/status\/1803954926399148290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s been really incredible for me to be able to watch you over the last four years both in and out of the pool and just to see you grow has been so awesome,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NBCSports\/status\/1803954926399148290\"><span>Wells told his girlfriend<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt has been awesome, and I\u2019m very excited to see where this goes from here on. So, I was wondering, Lilly Camille King, will you marry me?\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Clearly overjoyed and without a second of hesitation, King responded, \u201cYes! Yes!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Wells stood up and the two embraced and kissed with everyone close to them cheering and clapping.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1712932862202000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0plT8RRdMy9XUpIhocnjQS\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>On Friday, speaking to the \u201cToday\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/news\/paris-olympics\/swimmer-lilly-king-engaged-olympic-trials-rcna158249\"><span>show<\/span><\/a><span>, <\/span><span>King said the proposal was so special and unexpected.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI was honestly so confused he was on deck. After that I was like, \u2018Why are you wearing your nice clothes? What\u2019s going on?\u2019 Then I realized I was like, \u2018Oh, I know what\u2019s going on,\u2019\u201d King said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI was expecting it more after the Games because we\u2019re going to go frolic around Europe after that,\u201d she added. \u201cBut last night, I was not expecting it at all.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt was already an unbelievable week to start off with. Making the Olympic team obviously could not be more special, and now getting married!\u201d King continued. \u201cSo it was great. And just being able to do it in front of my friends and loved ones, my family\u2019s all here and all of my favorite people are here this week. It\u2019s really special.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>King started off the week qualifying for the Summer Games after she won the <\/span><span>100-meter breaststroke at the swimming trials, and on Thursday, she qualified again after finishing second behind Kate Douglass in the 200-meter breaststroke, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/06\/20\/sports\/lilly-king-gets-engaged-after-olympic-qualifier-in-emotional-moment\/\"><span>New York Post<\/span><\/a><span>  noted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This summer, the champion swimmer will have a chance to add to her Olympic medal collection after already wining five Olympic medals in her career \u2014 two gold, two silver, and one bronze, NBC noted. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olympic champion Lilly King, 27, qualified for her third consecutive Olympics at the U.S. trials in Indianapolis. After securing her spot for the 2024 Paris Games, the Team USA swimmer received a delightful surprise following her second event qualification<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":2275366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/06\/Lilly-King.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2275365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/06\/Lilly-King.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2275365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2275365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2275365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2275366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2275365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2275365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2275365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}