The teammates share a bond that goes beyond the swimming pool.
Months before the Olympic trials, Lazor's father, David, died suddenly at the age of 61. In that moment, the swimmer didn't just lose her dad, though. She also lost one of the biggest supporters of her Olympic dream.
"My dad was the first one to always tell me that I'm so much more than my swimming successes," Lazor told TODAY."It's not because he didn't care about my swimming; it's just that was such a miniscule part of who I was to him." The swimmers who are friends inside and outside of the pool shared a meaningful moment at the 2021 U.S. Olympic Team Swimming Trials when when King turned to her friend and said "I love you, let's go get it."When it came time for her father's wake, Lazor was in need of an extra dose of support, and King was happy to be there for her teammate, driving five hours to visit her.
"She was talking to my mom and she promised my mom that she was going to do everything it took to put me on the team and she was going to put me through practice every day. That just showed me what a person she is; that meant the absolute world to me and to my mom," she said.
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