{"id":588532,"date":"2024-06-18T16:46:37","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T23:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=588532"},"modified":"2024-06-18T16:46:37","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T23:46:37","slug":"disappointed-by-trials-shortfall-lydia-jacoby-vows-youll-see-me-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/disappointed-by-trials-shortfall-lydia-jacoby-vows-youll-see-me-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Disappointed by Trials Shortfall, Lydia Jacoby Vows \u2018You\u2019ll See Me Again\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Disappointed by Trials Shortfall, Lydia Jacoby Vows \u2018You\u2019ll See Me Again\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lydia Jacoby had just about 18 hours to process her swim from Monday night. The first emotion she settled on was disappointment, above all, at her swim in the 100 breaststroke at U.S. Olympic Trials falling short of her own expectations.<\/p>\n

The reigning Olympic gold medalist won\u2019t get a chance to extend her dominion in Paris, after finishing third<\/a> in the final at Lucas Oil Stadium. The most acute disappointment stemmed from behind a second slower than she was three years ago at Trials.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just frustrating.\u201d Jacoby told media Tuesday afternoon. \u201cThat time is over a second slower than I swam at last Trials. I\u2019ve been training well. I\u2019ve literally gone that time in practice the last couple of weeks a couple of times. I\u2019m just a little frustrated with myself not being able to hit that extra gear.<\/p>\n

“I don\u2019t feel like I put up a swim that was a representation of what I could do, which is the most frustrating part to me. But I\u2019ll be back and be better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jacoby went 1:06.37 in the final. That was short of the 1:05.43 used by Lilly King<\/strong> to win the event and get to her third Olympics, and the 1:06.10 turned in by Emma Weber<\/strong> to earn her first Olympics berth.<\/p>\n

Jacoby, a native of Alaska and rising junior at the University of Texas, went 1:05.28 at Trials in 2021. She won gold in 1:04.95 in Tokyo.<\/p>\n

The disappointment of not being able to go to Paris as an Olympian took a backseat to the intrinsic struggle of being her best in the water.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel weirdly fine,\u201d she said. \u201cI think it hasn\u2019t quite hit me yet. I definitely had a little cry last night, but I\u2019m doing pretty well today. I\u2019m sure there will be a lot of time to process things in the next couple of weeks and try to line up some fun things to look forward to this summer.\u201d<\/p>\n