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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 [http://lianeal.com/] helped the U.S. win Bronze in the 4x100m Freestyle Relay. From the New York Times [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/sports/olympics/lia-neal-wins-olympic-bronze-in-4x100-freestyle-relay.html] : > Neal

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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 [http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/brooklyn-swimmer-lia-neal-qualifies-olympics] 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