Tears welled in Simone Manuelรขโฌโขs eyes. Her voice broke as she revealed the heartbreaking reason behind her failure to advance in the 100-meter freestyle at the U.S. Olympic trials.
The first Black woman ever to win an individual swimming goldรย medal at the Olympics was diagnosed with overtraining syndrome รขโฌโ or burnout รขโฌโ in late March. Sheรขโฌโขd never heard of it before. Her mother looked up the condition online. At first, Manuel modified her training at Stanford for two weeks.
รขโฌลI wasnรขโฌโขt seeing any progress with my performance in the pool,รขโฌย she said Thursday night. รขโฌลIt actually was declining.รขโฌย
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