Tokyo Olympics digest: Alaskan teen shocks defending champion

Lydia Jacoby produced a shock in the women's 100meter breaststroke, knocking off defending champion and teammate Lilly King. Flora Duffy won Bermuda's firstever gold medal in the triathlon. Follow DW for the latest.

Tuesday saw history made at the Tokyo Olympics as 17year-old Alaskan Lydia Jacoby stormed to victory in the women's 100-meter breaststroke.

Jacoby knocked off defending champion and US teammate Lilly King to reach the top of the podium. She's the first swimmer from the Arctic circle to ever

make the US Olympic swimming team, and the first Alaskan Olympic gold medalist.

Jacoby, still in high school, sat in third heading into the final turn, as the expected battle be

tween favorites King and South African Tatjana Schoenmaker played out in front of her.

But the teenager accelerated in the final 25 meters and surged past her competitors on the final two strokes. Schoenmaker finished in silver while King claimed bronze.

"I was definitely racing for a medal. I knew I had it in me," Jacoby said. "I wasn't really expecting a gold medal, so when I looked up and saw the scoreboard, it was insane.''

Teammate King was gushing in her praise for Jacoby.

"I’m so excited for Lydia," King said. "I love to see the future of American breaststroke coming up like this and to have somebody to go at it head to head in the country. I definitely knew she was a threat and saw a lot of myself in her effort."

Here is a roundup of the latest news and results from the Tokyo

Olympics:

Germany Update

Germany's Ricarda Funk produced a brilliant run in the women's kayak slalom to win Germany's first gold of the Games. Spain's Maialen Chourraut finished with silver and Australia's Jessica Fox made up the

Germany's Ricarda Funk celebrates her victory in the kayak slalom.

Lydia Jacoby reacts to her surprise win in the 100-meter breaststroke.