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Lydia Jacoby dethroned Team USA teammate Lilly King as the queen of the 100-meter breaststroke, edging out South Africa’s Tatjana Schoenmaker and King to win Tuesday in the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Jacoby surged down the stretch to finish in 1:04.95.
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King entered as one of the favorites for the race after having won gold in this event in 2016. She was also the 100-meter breaststroke champion at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships.
King’s time of 1:04.13 in the 2017 World Championships remained the world record prior to this year’s Summer Games, and she qualified for the final with relative ease, hitting the wall in 1:05.40.
This article will be updated shortly to provide more information on this race.
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