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Yes, a tie.<\/p>\n<p>It all started in the semifinals, when <strong>Simone Manuel\u00a0<\/strong>swam a best time of 53.11\u00a0to become the second-fastest American ever in the event. It was the first time she had dropped in the event since the Pan Pacific Championships two years ago and a solid step towards a potential medal, a highly unlikely proposition at the end of U.S. Olympic Trials a month ago.<\/p>\n<p>Manuel earned the third seed for the final, and just ahead of her was <strong>Penny Oleksiak<\/strong>, who had helped Canada to three medals already in Rio after the country had not won any women\u2019s swimming medals in two decades. The Junior World Record-holder had vaulted herself into medal contention after a silver in the 100 fly and a 1:54.84 anchor leg on Canada\u2019s bronze medal-winning 800 free relay Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Gold? For either, that was unlikely, to say the least.<\/p>\n<p>Not with world record-holder<strong> Cate Campbell<\/strong> in the field. Just a month ago, Campbell blasted a 52.06 to clip <strong>Britta Steffen\u2019s<\/strong> suit-aided world record of 52.07, and she was heavily favored to add a second gold in Rio after already earning one in the 400 free relay Saturday night. Her two Olympic records in the prelims and semifinals added to her stature as the heavy favorite.<\/p>\n<p>Campbell led at the halfway point, flipping in 24.77, ahead of her own world record-pace. Finally, this would be her moment for individual glory.<\/p>\n<p>But then, with less than 25 meters to go, Campbell\u2019s stroke tempo abated, and she was quickly losing ground. On either side of her, Manuel and Oleksiak were swimming the races of their respective lives.<\/p>\n<p>They hit the wall, and thousands of heads turned towards the videoboard, which showed a \u201c3\u201d in Sjostrom\u2019s lane, a \u201c1\u201d for Oleksiak and \u201cOR\u201d for Manuel. The time for both the Canadian and the American was 52.70.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time in 16 years, a tie for Olympic gold.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy goal was to get on the medal stand, after seeing how I swam in prelims and semifinals,\u201d Manuel said. \u201cBut getting the gold in my first Olympics\u2026 I don\u2019t know\u2014I still can\u2019t describe it, but I\u2019m really excited about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m only 16. It\u2019s pretty insane to win a gold medal at your first Olympics when you\u2019re 16,\u201d Oleksiak expressed. \u201cTo see that you got an Olympic record and see that you just got gold with Simone, it means a lot to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, Americans <strong>Anthony Ervin<\/strong> and <strong>Gary Hall Jr.<\/strong> had tied for gold in the men\u2019s 50 free at the 2000 Sydney Games, but going back another 16 years to the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, <strong>Nancy Hogshead<\/strong> and <strong>Carrie Steinseifer<\/strong>, both from the U.S., had been co-winners in the same women\u2019s 100 free.<\/p>\n<p>On this occasion, of course, \u201cOh, Canada\u201d joined the Star Spangled Banner on the musical playlist.<\/p>\n<p>But this was not just a statistical improbability\u2014this was history.<\/p>\n<p>Oleksiak became the youngest athlete to ever win an individual Olympic gold\u2014the first born after the turn of the millennium\u2014and the first female swimmer from Canada to win gold since <strong>Anne Ottenbrite<\/strong> in the 200 breast at those 1984 Games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt means so, so much to me because I really want to inspire kids my age or even younger than me to do whatever they wanted to do because people didn\u2019t think I could make the Olympic team, but to be here, medaling and getting gold is a pretty great feeling,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>In the span of six days, Oleksiak has become the poster-child for a new era in Canadian swimming. But the impact Manuel might make on the sport could be even more powerful.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, Manuel did break a streak of American futility in the 100 free\u2014the U.S. had not won gold since the tie in 1984\u2014but more significantly, she became the first-ever black\u00a0female swimmer to win a gold medal.<\/p>\n<p>(The first black female swimmer to win a medal was Enith Brigitha, who finished third at the 1976 Olympics in the 100 free behind two East Germans.)<\/p>\n<p>That fact meant so much to Manuel, who knows the symbol she can serve as for young African Americans getting into the sport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor people that believe that they can\u2019t do it, I hope I\u2019m an inspiration to others to get out there and try swimming,\u201d she commented. \u201cYou might be pretty good at it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But still, Manuel admits that she struggles with the term \u201cblack swimmer,\u201d as it implies that it\u2019s unusual for black swimmers to win medals and break records.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s a stigma she hopes to help crack, but she considers her efforts just a continuation of what the previous generation of African American athletes accomplished in breaking down barriers\u2014including past Olympians <strong>Maritza Correia<\/strong> (2004), <strong>Cullen Jones<\/strong> (2008 &amp; 2012) and Manuel\u2019s Stanford teammate <strong>Lia Neal<\/strong> (2012 &amp; 2016).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLia and I have this very special relationship, and I wouldn\u2019t be where I am without her,\u201d Manuel noted. \u201cI think she\u2019s a huge part of my success, and she means a lot to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As much as Manuel\u2019s accomplishment means to the African American community, it might mean even more to her, all racial firsts aside.<\/p>\n<p>After finishing sixth in the 100 free and eighth in the 50 free at last year\u2019s World Championships, Manuel redshirted what would have been her sophomore year from Stanford in hopes of making a long course breakthrough.<\/p>\n<p>Before this gold medal, even before she even qualified for her first Olympic team, Manuel felt the decision was validated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a long journey for me,\u201d Manuel added. \u201cI haven\u2019t gone best times in a while long course. It was time. I definitely worked hard these past four years, day in and day off. Just to see it pay off when I really needed it is something I\u2019m really grateful for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/night-6-finals-results.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to view full results from day six finals.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By David Rieder. 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