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Asian Student Athletes in US Call for Greater Diversity

Nat Rudarakanchana

   Traditional thinking about college sports does not usually conjure
   images of Asian athletes, which Asian students say is hindering
   diversity on the playing field.

   "I know when I was younger, looking at some of the really successful
   Ivy League runners, none of them were Asian American," said Kieran
   Tuntivate, a Thai American runner and recent graduate of Harvard
   University. "So, there wasn't really a person I could see myself
   becoming or model myself after."

   Tuntivate, 23, said he believes a lack of role models for young Asian
   American athletes leads to a loss of diversity.

   "I think whatever barriers there are, are in terms of representation,"
   he said.

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