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Related: About this forumWhy Simone Manuel's Olympic gold medal in swimming matters
Source: BBC
Why Simone Manuel's Olympic gold medal in swimming matters
12 August 2016 US & Canada
Records, as the sporting cliche goes, are there to be broken, but while Simone Manuel's Olympic record time in the women's 100m freestyle final will eventually be surpassed, she achieved a first that no-one can take away.
Touching home at the end of a remarkable race, Manuel became the first black female swimmer to win an Olympic gold. She said she hoped her victory would encourage greater diversity in her sport.
"This medal is not just for me, it's for some of the African-Americans who have been before me and been inspirations," she said.
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African-Americans have been shut out of swimming pools for generations
Swimming pools have been a racially sensitive flashpoint in the US for generations. African-American people were often denied access to pools in the segregation era, and even after its abolition white people found other ways to exclude them. Nor has building pools for black areas been a priority.
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12 August 2016 US & Canada
Records, as the sporting cliche goes, are there to be broken, but while Simone Manuel's Olympic record time in the women's 100m freestyle final will eventually be surpassed, she achieved a first that no-one can take away.
Touching home at the end of a remarkable race, Manuel became the first black female swimmer to win an Olympic gold. She said she hoped her victory would encourage greater diversity in her sport.
"This medal is not just for me, it's for some of the African-Americans who have been before me and been inspirations," she said.
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African-Americans have been shut out of swimming pools for generations
Swimming pools have been a racially sensitive flashpoint in the US for generations. African-American people were often denied access to pools in the segregation era, and even after its abolition white people found other ways to exclude them. Nor has building pools for black areas been a priority.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37057236
[font size=1]Despite her historic achievement, Manuel stressed she did not want to be known as "Simone, the black swimmer"[/font]
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Why Simone Manuel's Olympic gold medal in swimming matters (Original Post)
Eugene
Aug 2016
OP
Between her and Simone Biles I expect a huge increase in newborn girls named Simone
LynneSin
Aug 2016
#2
i hate NBC's coverage. enough phelps medal ceremony. show THEIRS. we KNOW what the spangled banner.
pansypoo53219
Aug 2016
#4
heaven05
(18,124 posts)1. very impressed
with her skill(s) and awareness. May she reign supreme in upcoming Olympics in this sport as are others(Simeon Biles) in other sports.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)2. Between her and Simone Biles I expect a huge increase in newborn girls named Simone
Both are amazing inspirations and great role models for all young girls!
DinahMoeHum
(22,515 posts)3. Two Simones. . .Two Gold Medals. . .One Awesome Night
Ellen Forradalom
(16,179 posts)7. LOVE IT.
Stellar
(5,644 posts)8. WOW...how about that!
GeoWilliam750
(2,543 posts)9. Great photo
pansypoo53219
(21,785 posts)4. i hate NBC's coverage. enough phelps medal ceremony. show THEIRS. we KNOW what the spangled banner.
give us OTHER. jingoistic shitheads. i am fed up w/ swimming & volleyball. show me OTHER.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)10. +++1000
I was just the other day thinking the same thing....I wondered if a black swimmer who had to go through rehab ect: ect: for abuse of different types(domestic and other)would not be in prison and not in the Olympics, Vollybally. Sick of it.
Boudica the Lyoness
(2,899 posts)5. WTF!
African-Americans have been shut out of swimming pools for generations
Swimming pools have been a racially sensitive flashpoint in the US for generations. African-American people were often denied access to pools in the segregation era, and even after its abolition white people found other ways to exclude them. Nor has building pools for black areas been a priority.
Swimming pools have been a racially sensitive flashpoint in the US for generations. African-American people were often denied access to pools in the segregation era, and even after its abolition white people found other ways to exclude them. Nor has building pools for black areas been a priority.
My son learned to swim when he was 5 years old. He would even leap from the diving board at 5. Hes in his 40s now btw.
Have I been living in a different world than the rest of you? Lets please start judging people by their character and not by the color of their skin. We are all part of the human race.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)11. I wish members
of the New Nazi Party of America(repubs) would realize your last line sentiment.
LisaM
(28,742 posts)6. True, true, true.
I hope it has an effect.