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Who is Simone Manuel? First African American female swimmer wins gold
The Mercury News, which covers Stanford University where Manuel trains and attends college, tweeted an apology, saying the headline was insensitive.
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But the 20-year-old from Texas has made history in another way as well: She is the first female African-American swimmer to win a gold medal for the United States. Both clocked in at an impressive 52.70 seconds and set a new Olympic record. The Canadian became the first swimmer born in the 21st century to win a gold medal in any Olympic sport.
“I’m super glad that I can be an inspiration to others and hopefully diversify the sport”. For people who believe that they can’t do it.
In the last few meters, Manuel caught up to Australian favorite Cate Campbell and touched the wall at 52.70, dead even with 16-year-old Canadian Penny Oleksiak. But she knows, too, that when Michael Phelps wins a race, he can just break it down.
Very moved, Simone Manuel could hold back tears at the end of a insane race that saw her set a new Olympic record (52 ” 70).
He says he used to tell her, “Hey Penny, if you get any faster I’m going to call you nickel”. “Everyone had to watch the result many times before we understood what happened. the biggest surprise so far in this competition”, the Swede said. “And that’s not true”. Her nerves got in the way and she succumbed to the personal pressure.
“She wants to be seen as an individual who just like everyone else has worked hard to be where she is”, Sharron Manuel said.
Cal’s Ryan Murphy looked stoic after winning his second gold medal with a victory in the 200-meter backstroke. “I haven’t really gotten a chance to take everything in, but that’s OK because I want to do well in the rest of my events this week”.
Other medals will be awarded in men’s archery, team cycling, equestrian, men’s fencing, judo, rowing, shooting, swimming, tennis and weightlifting.
The gold medal placed around her neck on Thursday could help to lift it. He led at the midway point but faded to fifth. Phelps returned to the blocks shortly after the playing of the national anthem to advance in the 100 butterfly Friday along with Cal’s Tom Shields. She was a symbol for what should have been self-evident all along: Swimming is for everyone.
A generation ago, African-Americans were largely denied access to pools and so it never became part of their recreational culture to swim.
“It means a lot, especially with what is going on in the world today, some of the issues of police brutality”, Manuel said to reporters after her gold medal performance. “The rehab is what opened him up”. “And we’re trying to get her to go out a little more competitively here”.
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“In like three feet of water, I’d panic”, he said. Bronte trailed her by a quarter of a second.