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 ...

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 ...

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to David Steele, senior writer at Sporting News, about U.S. swimmer Simone Manuel's historic gold medal win in... U.S. Swimmer Simone Manuel Wins Olympic Gold In Historic ...

Simone Manuel qualified for the U.S. Olympic swim team for Tokyo in her last chance, winning the 50m freestyle on the final day of the Olympic Trials in Omaha. Manuel, who was diagnosed with ...

Simone Manuel is back in the pool for her second Olympics, a remarkable achievement after she was diagnosed with overtraining syndrome earlier this year. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, she became the first ...

United States' Simone Manuel, right, embraces teammate Kathleen Baker after their team won gold in the men's 4 x 100-meter medley relay final during the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer ...

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 ...

Team USA's Simone Manuel became the first female African-American swimmer to win gold in the Olympics when she tied Penny Oleksiak of Canada for the gold medal in the women's 100-meter freestyle. The ...