Manuel becomes 1st African American woman to win swim gold

In years to come, Manuel’s Olympic record may well fall, but she has achieved a first that no-one can ever take away from her. “It is for some of the African Americans who have come before me”, she said.

“Little does she know – she has touched a lot of people young women, young men, African Americans, minorities as a whole”. I’m super glad with the fact that I can be an inspiration to others and hopefully diversify the sport.

Making history as the first black woman swimmer to win an individual Olympic title for the United States, Manuel spoke of her desire to change attitudes and addressed some of the issues head-on.

That score earned her a tie Canadian Penny Oleksiak, 16, the pair sharing a new Olympic record and both receiving a gold medal.

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On her victory, Kaneto said: “This was a lifetime ambition”.

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“She wants to be seen as an individual who just like everyone else has worked hard to be where she is”, Sharron Manuel said.

“I just wanted to re-focus and move forward from the 100”, she said.

“Simone x2”, Biles tweeted on Friday, adding a gold medal emoji to a selfie of the two Olympic champions. He cited numbers that “68.9 percent of African American children had ‘low or no swim ability, ‘” according to USA Swimming, and were 5 1/2 times more likely to drown that white children.

In an interview following her first-place win, Manuel discussed the historical element of her win, particularly in the context of the ongoing race issues in America.

Oleksiak’s devotion to Drake first became apparent after her silver medal win for the 100-metre butterfly on just the second day of competition – giving partial credit to the 6 God himself for her stellar performance. “My color just comes with the territory”.

“All I can say is all glory to God, it’s definitely been a long journey these last four years”, she said before her voice began to break.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – Simone Manuel leaned her head into her hands and cried when she recognized her historic achievement.

She stuck with swimming while her brother played basketball. In the summer of 2014 Manuel conducted a swim clinic at the pool. In the year 2014, she took admission in Stanford University and is now a part of Stanford Cardinal women’s swimming team.