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  • Lydia Jacoby's Alaska hometown erupts in celebration after huge upset to win Olympic gold

    07/27/2021 4:39:02 PM PDT · by NohSpinZone · 52 replies
    Fox News ^ | 7/27/2021 | By David Aaro
    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...