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Dearing, who brought swimming diversity debate, loses race

Coming into the Olympics, Alice Dearing made a huge impact in the debate over ways to make swimming a more diverse sport.

Pool finale: Dressel, McKeon highlight last day of swimming

American star Caeleb Dressel still has a shot at five gold medals.

Ban on 'Soul Cap' spotlights lack of diversity in swimming

Alice Dearing is the first Black female swimmer to make Britain's Olympic team, but the ambassador for a bathing cap for natural hair won't be able to use the covering in competition.

Trying Olympic year ends in disappointment for Simone Manuel

A most trying Olympic year for Simone Manuel came to a disappointing end.

Swimming wraps up with Dressel going for another gold medal

The final night of swimming gives Caeleb Dressel and four-time Olympic medalist Simone Manuel more chances to collect hardware on Day 8 of the Tokyo Games.

US star Manuel returns to pool for 50 free after long layoff

After an Olympics with plenty of free time, Simone Manuel has finally gotten back to racing.

Untouchable: Aussie women continue 4x100 freestyle dominance

The Aussie women claimed a third straight gold in the women’s 4x100-meter freestyle relay in world-record time at the Olympics.

Flying start: American swimmers do just fine without Phelps

Michael Phelps is now in a broadcast seat, a mere observer rather than the driving force of U.S. swimming.

Unvaccinated US swimmer sparks debate as Olympics start

A debate is brewing between former gold medalist Maya DiRado and some American swimmers over U.S. medal threat Michael Andrew’s decision not to be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus on the eve of competition at the Tokyo Olympics.

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What a comeback: Manuel wins at trials, Adrian falls short

Simone Manuel is going back to the Olympics.

Manuel reveals burnout diagnosis after loss at swim trials

Simone Manuel revealed the reason behind her surprising failure to make the 100-meter freestyle final at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials.

Dressel wins, but Manuel fails to advance in swim stunner

After a long week of waiting, Caeleb Dressel finally punched his ticket for the Tokyo Olympics with a victory in the 100-meter freestyle at the U.S. swimming trials.

Four-time Olympic medalist Simone Manuel says she still sometimes feels excluded as a Black swimmer

The 23-year-old says swimming "definitely has a long way to go when you're talking about diversity and inclusion."

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How USWNT star Alex Morgan and other women Olympians are fighting for equal coverage in sports media

Women account for 40% of all sports participants, yet receive just 4% of sports media coverage outside of major sporting events like the Olympics, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. This lack of coverage not only leads to less gender representation on screen, but it also impacts the sponsorship, endorsements and exposure that female athletes are afforded throughout their career. "I realized that there's not nearly enough media coverage for female athletes in relation to the amount of female athletes who participate in sports," she tells CNBC Make It. TOGETHXR, which launched on March 2, will include short-form documentary style series, longer form documentaries and eventually podcasts, Morgan says. "It's all going to be based around sports loosely, but we want to also include lifestyle, culture and fashion [content]," Morgan says.

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Simone says: Olympic champ pushes for change in, out of pool

Outside of it, the Olympic champion is pushing herself in a new endeavor to boost the profile of women’s sports. AdShe’s aiming to defend her 100 free title at the Tokyo Olympics, delayed for a year by the coronavirus pandemic. When Stanford closed its facilities last March, Manuel and training partner Katie Ledecky found a backyard pool to work out in. He failed to make it out of the preliminaries, finishing 32nd in the 100 free and 25th in the 100 breaststroke. Blake Pieroni won the men’s 100 free in 49.19 seconds.

P&G extends Olympic sponsorship, focusing on equality drive

FILE - In this March 30, 2020, file photo, a man jogs past the Olympic rings in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)LONDON Procter & Gamble will use its Olympic and Paralympic sponsorship to campaign for racial equality after extending its backing of the games through 2028. We want to now extend that to be both a force for growth and a force for good for the next eight years.The Tokyo Olympics are now a year away after being postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Gestures such as taking a knee or raising a fist on a medal podium remain prohibited by the International Olympic Committee. Thats a big discussion the IOC is now having with the athletes, which I think is quite appropriate, Pritchard said.

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