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World Service,20 mins
Natalie Hinds hoping Olympics will help in fight for racial equality
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USA swimmer Natalie Hinds says it鈥檚 her dream to compete at the Tokyo Olympics and use her platform to fight for racial equality. Hinds is one few elite African Americans in the sport and she admits that, with racial injustice in the spotlight in recent months, she鈥檚 had to revisit some of the racism she faced and then suppressed as a child. She鈥檚 also been telling 麻豆社 World Service鈥檚 Hugh Ferris the last year has been so been mentally exhausting over with so much uncertainty around whether the Games will go ahead. Photo: Natalie Hinds (Getty Images)
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