King, 24, an Indiana University graduate from Evansville, was pushed to the bronze medal in 1:05.54. She was trying to become the first woman to win successive golds in the 100 breaststroke.
“I was definitely racing for a medal, Jacoby said. I wasn’t really expecting a gold medal, so when I looked up at the scoreboard it was insane.”
The only younger U.S. swimmers to win gold in the past 21 years were Katie Ledecky, 15, and Missy Franklin, 17, both in 2012, according to ESPN Stats & Info.
Jacoby is one of 11 teenagers, 10 of them women, on the U.S. swim team. The other is Carmel’s Jake Mitchell, 19.
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