Olympic champion Simone Manuel fails to advance out of heats in 50 free

Five-time Olympic medalist Simone Manuel was eliminated in the preliminaries of the 50-meter freestyle at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.

Manuel, the first Black woman to win an individual gold medal in swimming, posted the 18th fastest time in the hectic sprint over one length in the pool. It was not good enough to make it to the evening semifinals.

Manuel's time of 24.87 seconds was a whopping 1.02 behind the fastest qualifier, Sarah Sjöström of Sweden.