the third leg of this four-man event. >> reporter: it was at the 2008 olympics in beijing when cullen jonesidified his name in history, swimming on a legendary team comprised of jason lezak, garrett weber-gale and michael phelps. jones won gold in the 4x100 freestyle relay. and broke the world record. becoming the first african american to accomplish this feat. he says it was rare to see other swimmers who looked like him. >> you are really regarded as one of the best swimmers our community has to offer. why do you think there aren't more of you? >> it's not just access because access is a very easy way for a lot of people to be like oh, this is the reason black people don't swim. that is something that has been pushed out of our culture. but we are swimmers. team nigeria's great. there are swimmers in other countries. black people swim. it's a u.s. problem that we believe this is something we don't do. >> reporter: during the course of his career jones was a world-class sprinter, winning four olympic medals, two gold and two silver, as well as several gold medals at major international swi