SIMONE MANUEL

A cap designed for Black swimmers’ natural hair that was banned from the Tokyo Olympics has been approved for competitive races.

Looking for some Friday or Saturday night family fun at the ballpark? KPRC 2 Insiders have a chance to win tickets to games at Constellation Field this weekend.

The Sugar Land Skeeters are honoring local Olympic medalist Simone Manuel and former Skeeter Roger Clemens this Friday and Saturday, respectively, during their upcoming homestand.

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

Star gymnast Simone Biles is set to return for the balance beam event. Over the weekend, some athletes had a chance to reach the podium but fell short. Still, the U.S. leads the medal count at 64. China is hard on its heels with 62 medals, 29 of which are gold.

Before we look to what’s on the Olympic line-up on this Saturday night in Houston, let’s fast forward to early tomorrow morning. Expect to wake up to a lot of spoilers if you sleep through the next gymnastics events in Tokyo.

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

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.

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

Team USA's Simone Manuel qualifies for/misses the 50m freestyle final.

The stories behind the sports and the athletes are part of what makes the Olympics such a special competition around the world. That’s why KPRC 2 is proud to bring you the Olympic Zone presented by Living Designs Furniture. The popular magazine show, is a summary and showcase of up-to-the-minute Olympics content that sets the stage for the most important action every night of the Games. It can be seen Monday through Saturday during the Olympics on KPRC 2 at 6:30 p.m.

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.

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

Stepping away from competition at the Tokyo Olympics was as tough as any dismount in the gymnast's career—and she stuck the landing.

It’s hard to believe we’re only going into the third day of competition in Tokyo given how much action we’ve already witnessed at the Games. Of course, there have been highlights as well as letdowns, but that’s part of the thrill. Imagine... putting in years of training for minutes, even seconds of competition. One misstep or bad day can dash dreams of getting to the medal stand. One outstanding performance can land you gold. That’s why we watch.

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

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

The United States has won a medal in this race in every games it has competed in since 1912, claiming bronze in Tokyo.

Sugar Land’s Simone Manuel is stacking up the Olympic hardware.

Sugar Land’s Simone Manuel qualified for Tokyo in the 50-meter freestyle at the U.S. Olympic Trials.

Four-time Olympic medalist Simone Manuel was listed as the anchor leg of the U.S. 4x100m freestyle relay team after speculation of whether she would be involved in the event at all.

Day one of the competition ended in Tokyo without Team USA securing a medal.

Five years ago the world got to know two remarkable athletes with more in common than a shared name. Simone Biles and Simone Manuel both list the Houston-area as home and they each dominated their sports at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

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.

The Tokyo Games are almost here. We look back at 25 Olympic memories during the 25-day leadup.

Here are things to know for Thursday, July 8:

Sugar Land's Simone Manuel has been named one of the U.S. Olympic swim team captains for the Tokyo Olympics.

Katie Ledecky, Caeleb Dressel, Simone Manuel, Michael Andrew and more provided unforgettable moments at the 2021 U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials.

Sugar Land’s Simone Manuel is Tokyo bound!

Simone Manuel is going back to the Olympics.

Simone Manuel, 24, won the 50-meter freestyle at the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials on Sunday night.

Just three races close out the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials on Night 8: the men’s 50m freestyle, the women’s 50m freestyle and the men’s 1500m freestyle.

Caeleb Dressel will be on world record watch as he attempts to qualify for his signature event, the 100m butterfly, on Night 7 at U.S. Swimming Trials.

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

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.

Defending Olympic champion Simone Manuel, 24, did not advance to the final the 100-meter freestyle at Olympic Trials. She'll have one more spot to get to Tokyo in the 50-meter freestyle.

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

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.

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.

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.