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Brooklynite Neal Wins Bronze

Saturday night, Brooklyn swimmer and only second African-American woman to make a U.S. Olympic swim team Lia Neal helped the U.S. win Bronze in the 4x100m Freestyle Relay. From the New York Times: Neal and her teammates — Missy Franklin, Jessica Hardy and Allison Schmitt — took the bronze in

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Local Teen Swimmer Heading to the Olympics!

Congratulations to Flatbush native Lia Neal, a 17-year-old swimmer who made the U.S. Olympic team over the weekend. She’s also making headlines for more than her 100-meter freestyle win–she’s just become the second African-American woman (her father is African-American and her mother is Chinese-American) to make