Lia’s presence at the Olympics also makes history: She’s only the second African American woman to make the US Olympic swim team. She’ll be going for gold on July 28th.

Native New Yorker Lia Neal, 17, placed fourth in the Olympic trials, becoming just the second African American woman to join a U.S. swim team ever.

Anthony Ervin is the only African-American male to win an individual Olympic gold in swimming. He tied for first in the 50-meter freestyle at the 2000 Olympics and is on the team again in Rio.

Lia Neal has been making history for almost a decade, as the second African American female swimmer to qualify for a U.S. Olympic team and win an Olympic medal and the first to accomplish those ...

With each start, each stroke, and each flip-turn, the trio of African-American swimmers are putting the historic ... 2012 Olympics Cullen Jones Lia Neal Olympic Games Swimming.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) --It's a dream come true. Brooklyn native Lia Neal has become the second African-American woman in history to qualify for the US Olympic Swim Team. The 17-year-old, who is ...

Lia Neal and Simone Manuel are the first African-American duo to compete on the U.S. swim team at the same time. Written by Kellee Terrell Published on July 6, 2016 ...

Neal is a two-time U.S. Olympian, who represented the U.S. in the 400 free relay at the 2012 Olympics while just 17 years old, and then again qualified for the Rio Olympics in 2016.

You probably haven’t heard of 17-year-old Lia Neal, but she’ll be one of the athletes to watch at this summer’s Olympic Games in London. Lia placed fourth in the 100-meter freestyle finals ...

You probably haven’t heard of 17-year-old Lia Neal, but she’ll be one of the athletes to watch at this summer’s Olympic Games in London. Lia placed fourth in the 100-meter freestyle finals ...