When Simone Manuel and Katie Ledecky, arguably the world’s two best female swimmers, were suddenly, indefinitely without a pool three months before the Olympic Trials, a 71-year-old hall of fame ...

Simone Manuel was unable to secure her spot for Tokyo after failing to qualify for the 100m freestyle finals at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials. Manuel revealed at a press conference on Thursday that ...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Simone Manuel tied for gold with Canada's Penny Oleksiak in the women's 100-meter freestyle Thursday night, becoming the first African-American woman to win an Olympic medal in ...

Simone Manuel waves after winning the women's 100m freestyle final at the World Swimming Championships in 2019. Scenes from Wednesday at U.S. Swim trials Hannah Hailu has carefully studied Olympian ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ATLANTA (AP) — As Simone Manuel zig-zags her ...

It was a 200-yard freestyle final worthy of being an Olympic final. And it certainly lived up to expectations Friday night at the Pac-12 women’s swimming and diving championships at King County ...

Angel Reese has invested in a media company founded by a lineup of influential women athletes. Former soccer player Alex Morgan, snowboarder Chloe Kim, former WNBA player Sue Bird, and swimmer Simone ...

On August 12, 2016, at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Simone Manuel, age 20, first touched the wall in the 100-metre freestyle to make history as the first Black woman in U.S. history to win an ...

Simone Manuel Says Overtraining Syndrome Led to Loss at Olympic Trials originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington Simone Manuel was unable to secure her spot for Tokyo after failing to qualify for ...