Lilly King, an American swimmer and breaststroke expert, is getting rid of the competition after the 2025 Toyota National Championships in June.

King on Instagram announced on Saturday that this season will be her swan song after initially named the 2024 Summer Olympics as her final ride.

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"Well, my time is here," she captioned a series of photos from her career. “It will be my last season. I’m lucky to retire and be able to say I’ve done everything I want in the sport.

“That being said, it has been important for me that my last race start in the United States. I’ve been racing at IU Natatorium since I was 10.” “From the state party to the NCAA, the nationals and anything in between, this pool has been my home.”

“I haven’t played in Indy for 20 years (only 18 years), but that’s close to me! I look forward to playing in front of a family crowd last time.

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The Evansville, Indiana native will swim in his hometown competition, becoming the number one seed in the 100-yard breaststroke and second in the 50-yard breaststroke. Despite winning the game at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, King will compete in the 200-yard breaststroke competition in June. She also finished eighth in the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

King represented the United States in three Olympic Games and won gold medals in the 2016 Women's 100 Breaststroke and 4×100 Medley Relay. It was 100 breaststroke medals that made King a breakthrough star in Rio de Janeiro as she famously called on Russia's Yuliya Yefimova to beat her in a failed doping test in the past.

In 2020, gold bagged silver in the 200-yard breaststroke, silver in the women's 4×100 medley relay and bronze in the 100-yard breaststroke.

After missing a bronze medal of 0.01 seconds, she ended her Olympic career and ranked fourth in Paris's 100 breasts. King also swam for the Americans in the Women's 4×100 Medicated Relay (3:49.63). The record-breaking performance ended her final Olympic effort with Gold.

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King participated in Indiana before becoming a professional in 2019. As a freshman, she won the NCAA title in the 100-yard breaststroke and 200-yard breaststroke in the Hoosiers.

The King's last meeting will be held at the Indiana University Natal Nationality from June 3 to 7.