Related: 100 days to the Tokyo Olympics: Twenty-five US athletes to watch Manuel – who made history in Rio when she became the first African American woman to win an individual swimming gold medal, then backed it up (and then some) with eight more titles at the 2017 and 2019 world championships – finished fourth in the first semi-final heat at 54.
17 seconds. The 24-year-old from the Houston suburb of Sugar Land just missed a spot in Friday night’s final when five swimmers went faster in the second semi-final heat, with Erika Brown taking the eighth spot in 54.
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