Simone Manuel makes Olympic swimming history in Rio

Simone Manuel made history in the pool on Thursday night, as she became the first African American woman to win an Olympic gold in an individual swimming event The Olympic swimmer competed tonight in the 100m freestyle and tied with Penny Oleksiak of Canada for the gold, with both ladies coming in at a world record time of 52.70 Simone Manuel This also marks the first gold medal win in this event for Team USA since 1984, and her win definitely caught attention