0 Cullen Jones is Big Swimmer in Beijing
- Sports
- by Hugh Smith
- 08/13/2008
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In August of 2006, we wrote about swimmer Cullen Jones, and the role he would play on the 2008 US Olympic team.
Jones swam the 3rd leg of the 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay in Beijing to help the US team win the 2008 gold.
Take another look at Cullen Jones, the first African American to hold a swimming world record.