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Olympian Anita Alvarez Says It s Really Special to Rep Mexican Americans in Artistic Swimming
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In the United States, aquatic sports have never been welcoming to people of color. It s what makes the work of a few trailblazers (see: Simone Manuel, Ashleigh Johnson) so important; while a few BIPOC people succeeding on the highest stage doesn t magically end racial inequity in aquatic sports, it does show the next generation what s possible, propping open the door for others to follow.
Anita Alvarez knows something about that. A 2016 Olympian and 2020 Olympic hopeful in artistic swimming, Alvarez is all too aware that her sport (formerly known as synchronized swimming) has not been inclusive to athletes of color. Being Mexican-American in artistic swimming, where you maybe don t see as much representation . . . it s been really special for me to be one of those people representing, Alvarez said during the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee Team USA virtual media summit