Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Lia Neal, 17-Year-Old Swimmer, Becomes 2nd African-American Woman To Make Olympic Swim Team

Lia Neal, 17-Year-Old Swimmer, Becomes 2nd African-American Woman To Make Olympic Swim Team

Being a native New Yorker and African American meant that 17-year-old Lia Neal had two more chips stacked against her than the other young swimmers competing in Saturday's 100-meter freestyle finals in Omaha, Neb.

In New York City, frequent trips to a pool are not the norm. And some 70 percent of African-American children do not know how to swim.

Neal, however, managed to take fourth place in the Olympic trial, becoming the second African-American woman to make a U.S. Olympic swim team, the Washington Post reports.

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Lia Neal, 17-Year-Old Swimmer, Becomes 2nd African-American Woman To Make Olympic Swim Team
The Huffington Post News Editors
Mon, 02 Jul 2012 22:00:46 GMT

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