Simone Manuel is friends with the water again and back on the Olympic stage
New York TimesPARIS — Since it happened three years ago, Simone Manuel hasn’t gone back to watch that press conference from the 2021 U.S. swim trials. So just to kind of have this full-circle moment of being on this relay again from 2021 to now, but just in a happier and healthier place, I think is really special.” The first warning signs of Manuel’s overtraining syndrome had come in late fall 2020 — three and a half years after she became the first Black female swimmer to win an individual gold at the Olympics and eight months out from the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympic trials. “When I was going through this tough experience, it was like I’m 90 percent lying to myself,” Manuel said, “and 10 percent things could still be achievable.” In Indianapolis in June, at the 2024 U.S. Olympic trials, Manuel was back at 90 percent believing her affirmations and feeling as good in the pool — as good of friends with the water — as she had in a long time. … I think it’s really important to just recognize that the journey that I took, the resilience and the perseverance to continue is a gold medal in itself.” Simone Manuel, Gretchen Walsh, Torri Huske and Kate Douglass pose with their silver medals from the women’s 4×100-meter freestyle at the Paris Olympics.
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