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Rio Olympics 2016: Simone Manuel wins silver, could take home four medals

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Olympic Update with Dan O'Brien (8/13)

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Simone Manuel could have been content after making history by becoming the first African-American swimmer to win an individual swimming medal.

But that's not her style.

Manuel picked up another medal, this time silver, by finishing second in the women's 50-meter freestyle on Saturday night in Rio de Janeiro.

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Simone Manuel won another Olympic medal on Saturday.

The 20-year-old finished in a time of 24.09 seconds, just two hundredths of a second off of gold medalist Pernille Blume.