Lydia Jacoby FULL Post Race Media: “Being a swimmer’s something I do, it’s not who I am”

2024 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS

Olympic champion Lydia Jacoby spoke with the media on Tuesday afternoon after finishing 3rd in the 100 breast. Jacoby spoke candidly about her disappointment in her own performance but also how this performance won’t define her self-worth moving forward.

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Virtus
4 months ago

The headline is so stupid be better SS

Phelps Phan
4 months ago

Does she look like Bella Thorne, the actress?

Genevieve Nnaji
Reply to  Phelps Phan
4 months ago

I think it’s time for you to make appointment with optometrist.

BearAlum
4 months ago

Big fan and cheering for you, Lydia!

Genevieve Nnaji
4 months ago

It’s good that Lydia Jacoby is saying all these.

But I’m worried about her mental health. It seems she’s still thinking and (wrongly) assuming what everyone is thinking about her by saying all these.

YGBSM
4 months ago

Did she scratch the 200 Breast, so that there would not be an empty lane in a key circle-seeded heat?

Phelps Phan
4 months ago

She was like the “Megan Quann” of this generation. Back in the Sydney 2000 Olympics when she won the gold medal at the 100m breaststroke, many people were crazy at her, especially in her hometown in Puyallup, Washington. She was 16 years old during that time.

By the way, who remembers her? That was 24 years ago!

Also, Quann didn’t make it to the Athens 2004 Olympics, she was placed 3rd? during the trials. However, she had a brief comeback at the Beijing 2008 Olympics at age 24 (under her married name Megan Jendrick), winning silver at the heats only.

Stan Crump
4 months ago

Solid kid! I’m a big fan.

terraswon
4 months ago

should there be a term limit on how many Olympics a person can attend? Two?
Let others compete too 🙂

Phelps Phan
Reply to  terraswon
4 months ago

In other sports like gymnastics, not all of them compete in two or more Olympics.

MY MOM!
Reply to  terraswon
4 months ago

We’re talking about the peak of human sporting achievement here, not the bleepin’ swingset at a playground.

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