Simone Manuel becomes first black female swimmer to win Olympic gold

“You might be pretty good at it”.

“That’s something I definitely struggled with a lot”, she said.

In the wake of police brutality that has strained race relations in the US recently, Manuel hopes that her gold medal will bring some “hope and change” to the issues back home.

“This win helps bring hope and change to some of the issues that are going on in the world”, she said.

It came just hours after Biles had dominated the competition in the women’s all-around event and entered the conversation of whether she is the greatest gymnast of all time.

Katie Ledecky (@katieledecky), incoming freshman, who goes for her fourth gold medal of the Rio Games tonight in the women’s 800 free and earned a silver medal Saturday in the women’s 400 free relay along with Manuel: “AHHH!”

Michael Phelps cruised to a convincing win in the 200 metre individual medley, while Simone Manuel and Penny Oleksiak shared gold Phelps won by nearly two seconds at the Rio Games on Thursday to secure his 22nd Olympic gold medal. “I hope I’m an inspiration”. “My goal coming in was to get on the medal stand after seeing how I swam in prelims and semifinals. I have to attribute that to my coaches and my teammates who have pushed me to never give up”.

Under the Olympics’ scoring rules, when two athletes tie, they each get a medal – meaning that while this race has two gold medalists, no one gets a silver. “I wouldn’t say it’s weird”.

“I think that was a big shock for everyone in the final”, Sjostrom said.

As the youngest sibling and the only girl, Manuel has spent her lifetime sharpening her competitive streak. While performing at a club on the Las Vegas Strip in the 1950s, Dandridge was told that the hotel pool would be drained if she were to swim in it.

Manuel upset world-record holder Cate Campbell and tied with Penny Oleksiak of Canada Thursday at the Rio Games.

Right after the most decorated Olympian in history won his 23rd gold medal in the 4×100 race, he literally ate one pound of pasta.

Also around that time, Simone Manuel realized that anything she accomplished as a swimmer would be framed in terms of her race.

A fabulous night for the U.S. had begun in the 200m backstroke when Ryan Murphy dominated to win gold in 1:53.63.

The 31-year-old promptly became the first man to win the same individual Olympic swimming title on four occasion – a feat he could achieve again tomorrow in the 100m butterfly.