SIMONE MANUEL

A cap designed for Black swimmers’ natural hair that was banned from the Tokyo Olympics has been approved for competitive races.

Coming into the Olympics, Alice Dearing made a huge impact in the debate over ways to make swimming a more diverse sport.

American star Caeleb Dressel still has a shot at five gold medals.

Alice Dearing is the first Black female swimmer to make Britain's Olympic team, but the ambassador for a bathing cap for natural hair won't be able to use the covering in competition.

A most trying Olympic year for Simone Manuel came to a disappointing end.

Team USA's Simone Manuel qualifies for/misses the 50m freestyle final.

The final night of swimming gives Caeleb Dressel and four-time Olympic medalist Simone Manuel more chances to collect hardware on Day 8 of the Tokyo Games.

After an Olympics with plenty of free time, Simone Manuel has finally gotten back to racing.

The Aussie women claimed a third straight gold in the women’s 4x100-meter freestyle relay in world-record time at the Olympics.

Michael Phelps is now in a broadcast seat, a mere observer rather than the driving force of U.S. swimming.

The United States has won a medal in this race in every games it has competed in since 1912, claiming bronze in Tokyo.

Four-time Olympic medalist Simone Manuel was listed as the anchor leg of the U.S. 4x100m freestyle relay team after speculation of whether she would be involved in the event at all.

A debate is brewing between former gold medalist Maya DiRado and some American swimmers over U.S. medal threat Michael Andrew’s decision not to be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus on the eve of competition at the Tokyo Olympics.

The Tokyo Games are almost here. We look back at 25 Olympic memories during the 25-day leadup.

Katie Ledecky, Caeleb Dressel, Simone Manuel, Michael Andrew and more provided unforgettable moments at the 2021 U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials.

Simone Manuel is going back to the Olympics.

Simone Manuel, 24, won the 50-meter freestyle at the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials on Sunday night.

Just three races close out the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials on Night 8: the men’s 50m freestyle, the women’s 50m freestyle and the men’s 1500m freestyle.

Caeleb Dressel will be on world record watch as he attempts to qualify for his signature event, the 100m butterfly, on Night 7 at U.S. Swimming Trials.

Simone Manuel revealed the reason behind her surprising failure to make the 100-meter freestyle final at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials.

After a long week of waiting, Caeleb Dressel finally punched his ticket for the Tokyo Olympics with a victory in the 100-meter freestyle at the U.S. swimming trials.

Defending Olympic champion Simone Manuel, 24, did not advance to the final the 100-meter freestyle at Olympic Trials. She'll have one more spot to get to Tokyo in the 50-meter freestyle.

Outside of it, the Olympic champion is pushing herself in a new endeavor to boost the profile of women’s sports. AdShe’s aiming to defend her 100 free title at the Tokyo Olympics, delayed for a year by the coronavirus pandemic. When Stanford closed its facilities last March, Manuel and training partner Katie Ledecky found a backyard pool to work out in. He failed to make it out of the preliminaries, finishing 32nd in the 100 free and 25th in the 100 breaststroke. Blake Pieroni won the men’s 100 free in 49.19 seconds.

FILE - In this March 30, 2020, file photo, a man jogs past the Olympic rings in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)LONDON Procter & Gamble will use its Olympic and Paralympic sponsorship to campaign for racial equality after extending its backing of the games through 2028. We want to now extend that to be both a force for growth and a force for good for the next eight years.The Tokyo Olympics are now a year away after being postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Gestures such as taking a knee or raising a fist on a medal podium remain prohibited by the International Olympic Committee. Thats a big discussion the IOC is now having with the athletes, which I think is quite appropriate, Pritchard said.