Lydia Jacoby

After strong performances at the Tokyo Olympics, these five young U.S. Olympians could become stars at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

We joined watch parties in hometowns of athletes from New York to Hawaii as they competed in the Tokyo Olympics.

At the Tokyo Olympics, athletes like Caeleb Dressel, Katie Ledecky and Bobby Finke helped Team USA win 30 combined swimming medals. See the highlights here.

Team USA swimmers Regan Smith, Lydia Jacoby, Torri Huske and Abbey Weitzeil won silver in the women’s 4x100m medley, finishing just behind Australia’s new Olympic record time.

“Sorry I wasn’t on my phone,” is the text swimmer Lydia Jacoby sent her family group chat after winning a gold medal. “I was at doping [testing] and media.” Hear what other athletes’ first texts were and who they were addressed to.

Gold medal winner Lydia Jacoby tells us why Alaska tops the list of the best states in the U.S.

So far, the Tokyo Olympics have delivered some memorable firsts, including the first Olympic medals in new sports like skateboarding and surfing. Check out some other firsts that have occurred.

The 17-year-old Alaskan swimmer took gold in the 100-meter breaststroke.

Lydia Jacoby’s hometown of Seward, Alaska had the perfect reaction to her incredible gold medal victory in the 100m breaststroke.

Lydia Jacoby won gold in the 100m breaststroke while teammate Lilly King took home the bronze medal.

On a night the U.S. swim team had two defending Olympic champions competing, it was 17-year-old Lydia Jacoby who took home the lone gold for Team USA. The Americans claimed four more medals at the Tokyo Aquatics Center on Monday night, with Jacoby winning gold and Lilly King taking bronze in the women’s 100m breaststroke, Regan Smith capturing bronze...