Black athletes from across the globe are competing in the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games, with Nyjah Huston, Lauren Scruggs, Simone Manuel, Fredrick Richard, and others leading the way in a range of disciplines.
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Simone Manuel fails to advance in 50 free Olympic swimming
Simone Manuel was eliminated in the preliminaries of the 50-meter freestyle at the Paris Olympics, adding to the disappointment of the American swim team’s performance.
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Meet the Black U.S. Olympians competing in mostly-White sports
Anthony Nesty, the first Black swimming head coach for Team USA, will lead the U.S. swimming team at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, alongside other Black athletes competing in sports typically dominated by White athletes.
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Simone Manuel’s Gold Medal is Not Just for Her
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — When she was 11, Simone Manuel came home and asked her mother a question: Why weren’t there more people who looked like her in swimming? Mom didn’t have an answer. Canada’s Penny Oleksiak, right, and United States’ Simone Manuel celebrate their tie for gold in the women’s 100-meter freestyle at the Summer Olympics […]