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United States’ gold medal
winner Simone Manuel
shows off her medal after the
women’s 100-meter freestyle
final during the swimming
competitions of the World
Aquatics Championships in
Budapest, Hungary, Friday,
July 28, 2017.
Associated Press
Manuel backs up
historic Olympic
win with world
championship

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP)
— Simone Manuel felt
the pressure of being an
Olympic champion. It sure
didn’t bother her at the
world championships.
The 20-year-old Texan
backed up her historic vic-
tory in Rio de Janeiro by
rallying to beat Sweden’s
world-record holder Sarah
Sjostrom in the 100-meter
freestyle Friday.
Hey, when you’ve got two
older brothers, you’re used
to playing catch-up.
“It’s kind of been ingrained
in me,” said Manuel, who
edged Sjostrom on the fi-
nal stroke. “I want to win,
and I’ve been training to
do that this whole time.”
Last summer, Manuel be-
came the first African-
American woman to win
an individual swimming
gold at the Olympics when
she tied Canada’s Penny
Oleksiak for the top spot on Nationals hit 8 HRs to blast Brewers 15-2
the podium.
“It was a lot of pressure
knowing that I was the Washington Nationals’ Bryce Harper trots home af-
Olympic gold medalist in ter he hit a two-run home run during the first inning
that event,” Manuel said. of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brew-
“I had a lot of nerves.” ers, Thursday, July 27, 2017, in Washington.
Associated Press
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