Tied For Gold, And A Record: America's Simone Manuel Finishes First, With Company – NPR


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Tied For Gold, And A Record: America’s Simone Manuel Finishes First, With Company
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At first, it wasn’t clear just what had happened in the women’s 100-meter freestyle at the Summer Olympics in Rio. It’s a blaze of a race that rarely puts big gaps between its finishers. But in this case, two swimmers who had matched each other stroke
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Simone Manuel and Canada’s Penny Oleksiak tie for gold in 100 freestyleLos Angeles Times
Simone Manuel makes history, ties for Olympic goldUSA TODAY
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