25 Jul Alia Atkinson: The first black woman to win a World swimming title, on stereotypes, racism & rewriting the history books
[caption id="attachment_15599" align="aligncenter" width="805"] Alia beat the favourite and 2012 Olympic champion Ruta Meilutyte to become the first black woman to win a World swimming title, in 2014 (c) Loop Jamaica[/caption] With the 2016 Olympics on the horizon, 27-year-old Alia Akinson is preparing for her fourth...