{"id":434010,"date":"2020-06-01T12:07:14","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T19:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=434010"},"modified":"2020-06-01T12:07:14","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T19:07:14","slug":"the-week-that-was-swimmers-speak-up-on-george-floyds-death-protests-around-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-swimmers-speak-up-on-george-floyds-death-protests-around-us\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week That Was: Swimmers Speak Up on George Floyd’s Death, Protests Around US"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Week That Was sponsored by Suitmate.<\/em><\/p>\n

USA national team members\u00a0Simone Manuel\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Natalie Hinds\u00a0<\/strong>used their voices to speak up about the death of\u00a0George Floyd\u00a0<\/strong>this past weekend, as his death sparked conversations across the United States and the world. Other prominent national team members,<\/a> past and present, discussed their concerns with race relations in the U.S. Cullen Jones<\/strong>,\u00a0Lia Neal<\/strong>,\u00a0Olivia Smoliga\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Hali Flickinger\u00a0<\/strong>took to social media as well to write heartfelt messages concerning the state of their country at the moment.<\/p>\n

The British and Russian national team swimmers were permitted to return to the pool last week for the first time since mid-March, as they start their preparations for next year’s Olympic Games.<\/p>\n

Read below the five biggest stories in The Week That Was sponsored by\u00a0Suitmate<\/a>.<\/p>\n