The question going into the women’s 100-meter breaststroke final was whether Lilly King could pass South Africa’s Tatjana Schoenmaker, the woman who bested her twice on Sunday.
As it turned out, Schoenmaker wasn’t the only contender for the gold.
King’s teammate, Lydia Jacoby, shocked the field on Monday night, beating the top-two seeded swimmers in the event final at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. Jacoby took gold in 1:04.95, followed by Schoenmaker’s silver effort of 1:05.22. King, who was defending her gold from Rio 2016, finished with a time of 1:05.54 to take bronze.
GOLD for America.