{"id":13485,"date":"2012-07-02T05:07:19","date_gmt":"2012-07-02T05:07:19","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-07-02T05:07:58","modified_gmt":"2012-07-02T05:07:58","slug":"Asian-American-Lia-Neal-makes-USA-swim-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=13485","title":{"rendered":"Asian American Lia Neal makes USA swim team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Lia Neal came in fourth in the 100-meter freestyle finals. Her finish gave her a spot on the 400 freestyle relay team.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Neal<\/strong>, whose father is African-American, and <strong>mother is Chinese-American<\/strong>, became the second African-American woman to represent U.S. swimming in the Olympics. 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