TOKYO — The United States, with Simone Manuel swimming the anchor leg, won the bronze medal in the women’s 4x100-meter freestyle relay on Sunday.
Questions had swirled about whether Manuel would swim in the event at all after she failed to qualify in her signature event, the individual 100-meter freestyle, at the U.S. selection meet in June.
Her stunned expression after winning gold in the individual event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio remains a lasting image from those Games. With that victory, Manuel became the first Black woman to win an individual Olympic swimming medal.