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Simone Manuel is going back to school after Rio… with Katie Ledecky!
During the Rio Olympic Games Simone Manuel became the first African-American woman to win an individual gold in swimming. On the TODAY plaza, the Olympian reveals what was going through her mind when she learned she’d won gold. Manuel says she will be going back to Stanford for her junior year, but she won’t be the only Olympian on campus: Katie Ledecky will be starting as a freshman!