Alaskan teen Jacoby shocks King for gold
Men's Group A
India beat Spain 3-0
Men's singles Round 3
Sharath Kamal lost to Ma Long (CHN) 1-4
Women's (64-69kg) Round of 16
Lovlina Borgohain beat Nadine Apetz (GER) 3-2
Women's Solo Dinghy Laser Radial
Nethra Kumanan Race 5: 32nd; Race 6: 38th
Men's Solo Dinghy Laser
Vishnu Saravanan Race 4: 23rd; Race 5: 22nd; Race 6:12th
Men's Skiff - 49er
Ganapathy Kelapanda (Helm)/varun Thakkar (Crew) Race 1: 18th
Men's doubles Group A
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/chirag Shetty beat Ben Lane /Sean Vendy (GBR) 2-0 (failed to qualify for quarter-finals)
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Switzerland 2 2 2 1 the silver in 1:05.22, while King took the bronze in 1:05.54.
Jacoby’s shocking win salvaged what had been a bit of a disappointing morning for the Americans. Through the first three finals, US had only managed a pair of bronze medals, losing a men’s backstroke race at the Olympics for the first time since 1992.
Then the high schooler came through. Jacoby was third at the turn, trailing Schoenmaker and King. But, the teenager surged past King and glided to the wall just ahead of the South African.
Looking at the scoreboard with a bit of disbelief, Schoenmaker reached across the lane rope for a hug when the enormity of her accomplishment finally hit. Then it was King 2 0 0 5 3 3 0 6 7 5 2 12 bounding over from two lanes away to congratulate America’s new breaststroke queen.
“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.”
Jacoby’s unique journey has also added intrigue to a swimmer who is heading into her senior year of high school. “She practically swims in iced-over lakes in Alaska,” teammate Gunnar Bentz said.
That’s a bit of a stretch, but Jacoby did had to deal with her local pool closing during the pandemic, forcing her to train about 2 1/2 hours away in the state’s biggest city, Anchorage.