Simone Manuel won a gold medal on Thursday in the Women’s 100 meter freestyle, and in doing so, became the first black woman swimmer to collect an individual medal. Her post-race interview was powerful and deep, and her medal ceremony afterwards was as equally emotional.
Unfortunately for many American viewers, they couldn’t see it. The ceremony didn’t air live and wasn’t shown until an hour later. Some people on Twitter weren’t very happy…
…but NBC did show it in the end. Here’s the video:
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