Simone Manuel

After Rocky Roads Since London, Canada & the U.S. Delivered In Rio

Both the USA and Canada took rocky roads to get to Rio, but both ultimately delivered better than one could have predicted.

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Rio Olympic Medalists Twitter List (Day 8 Update)

You can follow the men’s 50 free medalists on Twitter, along with many other Olympic swimmers.

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Twitter Recap: Phelps’ Final Swim, a Gold, Lights Up Twitter

The United States ended with 16 of the 33 total gold medals, and Michael Phelps finished off his career with his…

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USA 16 Gold Medals in Swimming, Rest of World Wins 17

Michael Phelps won his 24th gold medal, and swam his final race on the Olympic stage tonight.

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USA Wins 1000th Gold Medal With Women’s Medley Relay Win

The United States earned its 1000th Summer Olympic gold medal with Team USA’s victory in the women’s 4×100 medley relay tonight in Rio.

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Day 8 Relay Lineups: No Major Surprises On Medley Rosters

Cate Campbell has given the freestyle leg on Australia’s medley relay despite fading to 6th in the individual race, getting beaten by her sister Bronte.

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Day 8 Finals Preview: Phelps Goes For Gold One More Time

Michael Phelps will go for one last gold medal tonight in his final career Olympic appearance in the men’s 400 medley relay.

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For the First Time In History, Phelps Appears Content In Defeat

For the first time ever, Michael Phelps seemed content with his swim despite not winning the race.

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Canadian Olympic Heroes of the Past Talk Penny Oleksiak

Canadian Olympic medalists share their feelings of pride, joy and excitement as they watch Penny Oleksiak perform in Rio…

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Medley Relay Preview: U.S. Women In Command, Men In For Close Battle

Check out a full preview of tonight’s medley relays, with full projections of all 16 finalists based off of their flat start times done here in Rio.

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2016 Rio Olympic Games: Day Seven Finals Live Recap

Assuming Michael Phelps isn’t making a comeback down the road, this will be his last individual race ever where he will look to four-peat in this event winning gold number five of these games and 23 all time.

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Ledecky on Post-Olympics: “I’ll Have to Get All My Stuff for My Dorm”

Katie Ledecky talks about her upcoming season at Stanford University and yesterday’s record-breaking race.

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WATCH: Simone Manuel and Penny Oleksiak Tie – From Underwater

2016 RIO OLYMPIC GAMES Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Swimming: August 6-13 Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Barra Olympic Park, Rio de Janeiro…

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Lessons From the 2016 Olympics For Age Group Swimmers

As this year’s Olympic swimming comes to a close and I get ready to return to the deck in September with my young swimmers, I took a moment to figure out some simple shareable lessons from this year’s Olympic swimming.

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Manuel: Ledecky “Wasn’t Going to Fall Asleep” Until Hug after Gold

Simone Manuel had one last surprise awaiting her after her historic tie for gold with Canada’s Penny Oleksiak in the 100 free last night.

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