Posted on 07/27/2021 4:39:02 PM PDT by NohSpinZone
Seventeen-year-old Lydia Jacoby made history Tuesday in Tokyo by upsetting defending champion Lilly King to earn Olympic gold for the U.S. in the women’s 100-meter breaststroke.
Video taken from a watch party at a railroad terminal in her scarcely populated hometown in Seward, Alaska, captured hundreds of people erupting into cheers following her win at the Summer Games.
Jacoby was the first swimmer from Alaska to make the U.S. Olympic swimming team. She was shown the video of the fans in Seward and called their support "amazing."
"A lot of big-name swimmers come from big, powerhouse clubs,'' Jacoby said, according to ESPN. "Me coming from a small club, in a state with such a small population, really shows everyone that you can do it no matter where you're from.''
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No UberEats commercials, no pre-Olympics coronation. Just a humble teenager from the sticks of Alaska coming out of nowhere to win the gold as her friends and family go nuts watching her do it.
She can swim to Russia from her house.
Who is Simone Biles?
Who Cares!
Seward erupts in joy as hometown swimmer Lydia Jacoby wins Olympic gold medal
You probably have to learn to swim really fast in Alaska.
great stacked videos as it happened: https://twitter.com/NBCOlympics/status/1419855163251118080
Indeed. Polar bears can swim 25 MPH. Humans can swim 28 to 30 MPH. It’d be close!
Shame on those who do.
That is a GREAT view! I was looking for something like that. Thank you for sharing.
“I’m so sick of the Simone Biles nonsense. “
It’s not nonsense.
She’s a tremendous American athlete.
I hope she recovers and kicks butt on Thursday.
Humans can swim 28 to 30 MPH.
This was by far the highlight of the games for me so far!! It was the first time we heard the USA chant too!! Didn’t last long though...
i could watch it all day
You swim faster for your life than you do for lunch.
She’s not injured. She quit. She quit on her country, her team and herself.
“Humans can swim 28 to 30 MPH.”
Gosh, I didn’t realize I could do that.
Training in ice cold heavy seawater probably builds strength and endurance so that swimming through a warm chlorine pool is a breeze!
I believe your numbers are way, way, off.
It is not easy for large ships to make way at 25 mph.
This article says polar bears can swim at 6.2 mph.
Lydia Jacoby's Olympic win was at 3.22 mph.
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