by admin | Aug 10, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Alice Dearing, the UK’s first Black Olympic swimmer, wants organizers for the next Games to approve swim caps that better accommodate Black hair. Dearing is one of four Black people who set up the Black Swim Association in the UK, which aims to make swimming more...
by admin | Aug 3, 2021 | Representation, SEW
When the artistic swimming team competition begins Friday at the Tokyo Games, the swimmers’ goal will be to make their movements appear effortless. But while viewers will see smiling performers, sparkly suits and gelatin-slicked hair, a risk lurks beneath the surface:...
by admin | Jul 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
When Uruguayan swimming star Nicole Frank, 17, found out she had qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, she had only one thought: My grandma made it. That thought was 81 years in the making. Frank’s grandmother, Angelika Rädche, qualified to swim for...
by admin | Jul 22, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Spanish synchronised swimmer Ona Carbonell has said she is disappointed and disillusioned that she cannot take her breastfeeding son with her to the Olympics, because her family would be subject to such drastic restrictions in Japan. Her husband and son Kai, who is...
by admin | Jul 22, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Five-times Olympic champion Katie Ledecky is focused and improving fast in the run-up to the Tokyo Games, her coach said on Thursday, as she embarks on a gruelling quest for five gold medals to cement her place in swimming history. Ledecky comes in as the favourite in...
by admin | Jul 13, 2021 | Representation, SEW
In May, with the struggle ongoing and the clock ticking toward an immovable performance deadline, Sharron Manuel assessed the weight upon her daughter and offered an out: You don’t have to do this, Simone. You don’t have to go to the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials....
by admin | Jul 3, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Swimming caps designed to encourage Afro swimmers with long, thick and voluminous hair to pursue their sport without barriers have been banned for use in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. The International Swimming Federation said the caps, made by the Black-owned...
by admin | Jun 15, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Katie Ledecky touched the wall far ahead of everyone else at the U.S. swimming trials. No surprise there. But she was taken aback by the time. It wasn’t as fast as expected, raising the stakes for an expected showdown in Tokyo with the Aussie Terminator. Ledecky...
by admin | Jun 15, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Lilly King continues to back up brash comments with fast swimming. The latest example came at the U.S. Olympic Trials on Monday night. King clocked 1:04.72 for the fastest time in the semifinals of the 100m breaststroke using her typical approach — taking it out...
by admin | Jun 10, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
An Australian swimmer has withdrawn from upcoming Olympic trials, citing “misogynistic perverts” in the sport. Madeline Groves, 26, said in 2020 she had complained “a few years ago” about an unnamed person in the sport who had made her feel uncomfortable. Announcing...
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