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Swimming must let go of body obsession, says Perkins
Speaking after the release of a Swimming Australia report into the treatment of women and girls, the Olympic superstar says coaches who won’t change must go.
- by Greg Baum
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No skin-fold tests, the word ‘physique’ to go: swimming report released
Skin-fold tests would go, the term “physique” would be banned and quotas for women coaches would be implemented, in recommendations made by an independent report into Swimming Australia’s treatment of girls and women released on Friday.
- by Greg Baum
Swimwear, sunscreen and social distancing for the Portsea Swim Classic
The Portsea Classic was one of the few large events to take place this summer amid the current wave of coronavirus case numbers in Victoria.
- by Daisy Henry
Swimmer Madeline Groves makes sexual abuse, misconduct allegations
The Australian Olympian says she was sexually abused from the age of 13 by a person who is still working in the sport.
From the Archives, 1971: Shane Gould sets fourth world record
Fifty years ago today, 15-year-old Shane Gould broke the world record for the 800 metres freestyle at Drummoyne.
- by Alan Clarkson