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Black History made at the world championships! CONGRATULATIONS!
Meet the first black woman to win a world title in swimming!
Jamaican swimmer Alia Atkinson made history becoming 1st black woman to win a world title 1:02:36. Atkinson also became the first black woman to hold a world short-course record since Enith Brigitha of the Netherlands 40 years ago.
Brigitha set the 100m freestyle standard three times in her career.