There’s been “no lack of stories in the media” about eating disorders in swim sports, according to Swimming Australia President Dr. Michelle Gallen.
“You’re dealing with a very sensitive area when you need to talk to young people around things related to body image in a performance context,” she told Sky News Australia.
“Setting some guidelines around that and having some policies in place and then doing the education so that our entire community can take these guidelines on board and have really respectful considered conversations about this sort of stuff is really important.”
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High School Swimmers in Steamboat Springs Need a Pool to Keep Training | 9NEWS
High school swimmers in Steamboat Springs train in an outdoor pool, even in the winter, but soon they won’t even have that.
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ODU Swimmer Has Enjoyed His Time in the Pool as a Monarch | 13News Now
Wilkins has a grade point average of 3.99 while swimming for the Monarchs. He does this as a 6th year senior at age 24.
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Hundreds of Local Students Compete in ‘Adaptive Aquatics’ Swim Meet | WJHL
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Newly Minted Rescue Swimmer Recounts Oregon Rescue of Man From Stolen Yacht | The Oregonian
On the morning the U.S. Coast Guard in Astoria received a frantic mayday call from a yacht sinking near the treacherous mouth of the Columbia River, John “Branch” Walton was in his fifth and final day of advanced training as a rescue swimmer.
Walton and his classmates leapt at the chance to respond. But it was a quick game of rock-paper-scissors that settled which swimmer would plunge into the churning, frigid waters nearby. Walton won. He was the least experienced of the bunch.
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Howard University Swim Team Makes Historic Waves | WSLS 10
The team is on the cusp of historic achievement.
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‘Gaslit Into Silence’: Swimmer Explains Why She Spoke Out Against Lia Thomas and Trans Athletes | The Washington Examiner
Transgender people in sports have begun to populate the high school and collegiate sports arena. The Washington Examiner spoke to one college athlete who went up against transgender swimmer Lia Thomas and tied in a race. She was too scared to speak out about her experience — until now.
“Honestly, I’m speaking out now because I was that person who was looking for someone else to look up to for hope and encouragement when I was on the verge of speaking out,” said Riley Gaines, a 12-time NCAA All-American swimmer for the University of Kentucky. “When we weren’t seeing that, it kind of hit me. If we, as women, were not willing to stick up for ourselves, how can we expect someone else to?”
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Cyclone Gabrielle: New Zealanders Swim to Safety and Rescued From Rooftops | Evening Standard
Residents have been forced to swim to safety in the north of New Zealand after the country was battered by Cyclone Gabrielle.
Some have had to be winched from the rooftops of their flooded homes.
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Busselton Jetty Swim 2023 It’s a Wrap