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08-13-2016, 02:31 AM
Young swimmers are so inspired by historic Olympian Simone Manuel
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With 16 gold medals so far, Team USA has every reason to be cheering as loudly as possible. The success of Michael Phelps (http://mashable.com/category/michael-phelps/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) is outstanding, but there's a**ther Olympian who has been carving out her own groundbreaking story: Simone Manuel (http://mashable.com/category/simone-manuel/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) became the first black woman to win gold in individual success in the 100 meter freestyle.*
The country's historical racial tensions (http://mashable.com/2016/06/28/red-cross-racist-poster/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) and violence (http://mashable.com/2015/06/08/mckinney-police-video-moments/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) related to pools is a large part about what makes Manuel's moment even more remarkable—particularly as it means a generation of young black children in America **w see themselves in Manuel and in the sport on the highest international level.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/12/simone-manuel-inspiring-young-swimmers/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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With 16 gold medals so far, Team USA has every reason to be cheering as loudly as possible. The success of Michael Phelps (http://mashable.com/category/michael-phelps/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) is outstanding, but there's a**ther Olympian who has been carving out her own groundbreaking story: Simone Manuel (http://mashable.com/category/simone-manuel/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) became the first black woman to win gold in individual success in the 100 meter freestyle.*
The country's historical racial tensions (http://mashable.com/2016/06/28/red-cross-racist-poster/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) and violence (http://mashable.com/2015/06/08/mckinney-police-video-moments/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) related to pools is a large part about what makes Manuel's moment even more remarkable—particularly as it means a generation of young black children in America **w see themselves in Manuel and in the sport on the highest international level.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/12/simone-manuel-inspiring-young-swimmers/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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