The women's 100m breaststroke gold medal is staying stateside, just not in the lower 48. There's a new champion: Alaska's 17-year-old Lydia Jacoby. The American shocked the field by winning in 1:04.95 ...
On a night the U.S. swim team had two defending Olympic champions competing, it was 17-year-old Lydia Jacoby who took home the lone gold for Team USA. The Americans claimed four more medals at the ...
One moment Lydia Jacoby was at the center of the global stage, and the next, she was alone with her thoughts. In 2021, the then-17-year-old became the first swimmer from Alaska to qualify for the ...