The first African-American woman to win an individual swimming medal at any Olympic Games.

[Glassunion]

With an Olympic and American record breaking time... Oh, and she's just 16 years old.

With Simone Manuel's gold, a liberating page in Olympics history has turned.

RIO DE JANEIRO -- For 16 years, through Olympics in Sydney, Athens, Beijing, London and Rio, African-Americans swam under a microscope for their country.

Questions about oddity and identity weighed them down as they tried to outrace history and the competition. Finally, on Thursday night, Simone Manuel's gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle turned a liberating page for black swimmers.

More: http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/simone-manuels-gold-liberating-page-olympics-history-turned/story?id=41323424

[MadDAsHell]

1. And NBC couldn't even let her talk about her thrill/hard work without first finding out...

how it felt because of her skin color. C'mon people...

The gal can be celebrated, but let her celebrate it in her own way. As a person of color, I'd be insulted if I worked for months and years to get to the Olympics, worked my ass off to win a race, and the first and only thing the reporter wants to know is "How's it feel because you're black?"...

Fortunately, Simone handled the question with grace...

[heaven05]

3. In this season of trump fever

which seems to be abating, what can be expected? Simone is socially aware and I'm pround of these young women breaking the color barrier in american swimming and gymnastics.

[Wednesdays]

2. She was awesome!

Many congrats to her!