The women's 100m breaststroke gold medal is staying stateside, just not in the lower 48. There's a new champion: Alaska's 17-year-old Lydia Jacoby. The American shocked the field by winning in 1:04.95 ...

Lydia Jacoby, a 17-year-old from Seward, Alaska, is now an Olympic gold medalist in the women's 100-m breastroke ...

Teen Lydia Jacoby made history on Monday night, upsetting favorite Lilly King to claim gold in the women's 100m breaststroke. At a watch party in Jacoby's hometown of Seward, Alaska, spectators went ...

Jul. 27—Seventeen-year-old Lydia Jacoby of Seward became an Olympic champion in dramatic fashion Monday in Japan to become the first American woman to win a gold medal in swimming at the 2020 Summer ...

One moment Lydia Jacoby was at the center of the global stage, and the next, she was alone with her thoughts. In 2021, the then-17-year-old became the first swimmer from Alaska to qualify for the ...