17-year-old Lydia Jacoby shocks with Olympic gold in 100-metre breaststroke

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Seventeen-year-old Lydia Jacoby gave the U.S. a victory in the women’s 100-metre breaststroke, knocking off teammate and defending champion Lilly King on Tuesday.

Now, she’s heading back to giddy Seward, Alaska — population: 2,773 — with a gold medal, rallying to win in 1 minute, 4.95 seconds..

Looking at the scoreboard with a bit of disbelief, the enormity of her accomplishment finally hit when Schoenmaker reached across the lane rope for a hug. Then it was King bounding over from two lanes away to congratulate America’s new breaststroke queen. On the men’s side, the U.S. team lost a backstroke race at the Olympics for the first time since 1992.

Coming into these Olympics, Australia had not won an individual women’s title since 2008. They’ve already got two in Tokyo, with McKeown’s gold coming after Ariarne Titmus’ victory Monday in the 400 freestyle.

 

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I definitely did not earn any Olympic medals at 17, phenomenal achievement.

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