Lydia Jacoby, the pride of Seward, Alaska, gave the Tokyo Olympics a special moment – The Washington Post

The coronavirus pandemic, of course, postponed the Games by a year and wiped out that family trip — and seemingly derailed any dreams of actually qualifying for the Olympics. With Alaska on lockdown, Jacoby didn’t swim for two full months. When the pools in Anchorage, more than two hours north of Seward, opened up, she traveled there, renting an apartment and training for a time in an L-shaped pool — 25 yards one way, 25 meters the other. When the 25-yard pool in Seward reopened, she would spend a week at home and a week in Anchorage.