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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Yes, those numbers seemed weird. I screwed that one up good.
Only those who do nothing never make mistakes.
Rodney Dangerfield said that
when he moved to a new neighborhood
he went out for a walk——
and a 15-mimute walk for his health turned into a
a 40-minute run for his life.
The woke US gymnast who quit on her team. Clay Travis has a great video on Outkick about how some are calling her a hero for quitting, and how wrong that is.
Or were you being facetious? ;-)
I hate the Olympic hype machine for several reasons that I’ll not go into here. Simone Biles has certainly profited from it as a designated star, but the level of added pressure must be grotesque. No athlete deserves that.
Biles was the gymnastics superstar of her generation. It’s probably fair to say that she got extra hype (and pressure) because, while the U.S. media tends to produce a gymnastics princess in each Olympics — just like they produce an ice skating princess each Winter Olympics — Simone was the first melanin enhanced U.S. gymnast to wear that crown. If she had been white, the U.S. media would still have turned her into an idol; the fact that she is black pushed them even further into absurd hero worship.
She’s a terrific gymnast, the best of her generation. And it’s all about to end. I wish her well.
I know! What a prima donna.
“ Humans can swim 28 to 30 MPH.”
Dude, Aquaman was a movie based on a comic book!
humans can’t run 30 MPH..Usain Bolt was under 28MPH
I totally screwed it up. Terribly Googling.
I havent seen that much exuberance since…well…never.
Have too much Neanderthal blood in me to get over 1.1 nauticals per hour.
Glad to see USA King genuinely congratulate the Kid, King is more than intense trying to play head games her opponents.
Congratulations Lydia Jacoby!
eh- we all screw up...don’t sweat it...
Michael Jordan needs to show her his 38 point flu game in June of 1997 to set the standard of GOAT.
Is it true that Simone supports BLM and others who dis this country?
I’m surprised to see so many masks in Alaska.
I wasn’t too enthusiastic about these games, but this is my favorite moment so far! Screw the celebrity prima donnas.
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