Tag: Simone Manuel
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Olympic Swimmer Simone Manuel visits Norfolk
Olympic swimming champion Simone Manuel made a stop at Norfolk’s Southside Aquatic Center for a very special cause.
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Simone Manuel Sets An Olympic Record In Rio | Gold Medal Moments Presented By HERSHEY’S
In Rio, Simone Manuel became the first African-American woman to win gold in an individual swimming event.
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Simone Manuel interview at the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships
Watch the full interview with Olympic and World champion Simone Manuel from the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships.
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Simone Manuel: We Need To Get Rid Of The Racial Stereotypes That Surround Swimming
Sixty-four percent of African-American children don’t know how to swim. World Champion Simone Manuel is changing that statistic. “I am often referred to as “The Black Swimmer.†While I one day hope to be known as an “Olympic champion†swimmer without that qualifier, I know that I can’t ignore the significance of being an African-American…
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Team USA | Remembering Rio | Women’s 4x100m Medley
Simone Manuel anchors the U.S. women as Team USA wins the women’s 4×100 medley relay, claiming Team USA’s 1,000th gold medal of all time.
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Team USA | Remembering Rio | Simone Manuel – 100m Freestyle
Simone Manuel ties Canada’s Penny Oleksiak for gold with an Olympic record time of 52.70. She becomes the first African-American woman to win an individual Olympic gold in swimming.
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Olympic Swimmer Simone Manuel Behind The Velvet Rope with Arthur Kade
Arthur Kade chats with Olympic Swimmer Simone Manuel who made history in Rio and returned with 2 gold medals and 2 silver medals.
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Simone Manuel – USA Swimming Olympic Team 2016
Meet Simone Manuel, a member of your USA Swimming 2016 Olympic Team representing the stars and stripes in Rio. Simone will compete in the 50m and 100m freestyle.
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First-Time Olympic Swimmer Simone Manuel Is Perfectly Nicknamed ‘Swimone’
Simone Manuel is heading in to her first Olympics next month in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and based on her nickname, it was her destiny. Before the 19-year-old was a Stanford University student preparing for her first Olympics, she was on a club swim team, where one of the parents of a fellow swimmer nicknamed…