Four decades after Marshall became the first black man to swim for Team GB at an Olympics Dearing became the first black woman to do soAlice Dearing vowed to come back for more in Paris after becoming the first black woman to swim for Great Britain at an Olympic Games. The 24-year-old from Birmingham came 19th in the 10 kilometres open water race at Tokyo’s Odaiba Marine Park, a time of 2hr 5min 3.2sec resulting in her finishing a little over five and a half minutes behind the gold medal winner Ana Marcela Cunha of Brazil. Sharon van Rouwendaal, the defending champion from the Netherlands, took silver, while Australia’s Kareena Lee claimed bronze. SponsoredDearing was well in touch over the first 5km, raising hopes that her habitually strong finish could see her squeeze on to the podium. However, the leaders pulled away between then and the 7km mark, leaving her

Source: The Times August 04, 2021 10:15 UTC