Article 5MM88 Alaskan gold: Lydia Jacoby topples King for Olympic 100m breaststroke title

Alaskan gold: Lydia Jacoby topples King for Olympic 100m breaststroke title

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Tom Dart at Tokyo Aquatics Centre
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  • 17-year-old Jacoby, shocks compatriot and favourite Lilly King
  • Murphy earns bronze in 100m back behind Rylov, Kolesnikov

Alaska's first Olympic swimmer is also its first Olympic champion.

If the hints had been there, given Lydia Jacoby's blossoming reputation and strong performances in the US trials and Olympic heats, few saw this coming. Judging from her gasp when she looked up at the giant video screen and realised she had won the 100m breaststroke in Tokyo, the teenager was pretty surprised as well.

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