Articles by Lydia Ferrari Kehoe

Black People Will Swim’s Paulana Lamonier Is Breaking Barriers

Black People Will Swim’s Founder Paulana Lamonier speaks about the company’s mission, how they’ve pivoted throughout the lockdown and plans for the future

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Aquatics Activities Locked Down in Ireland As Tougher Restrictions Introduced

The new measures will force some pools to close, group swimming lessons to cease and pose difficulties for swimmers that travel to another county to train

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10% of Pools In Ireland Permanently Closed, According To New Report

Lockdown and pool closures have caused huge financial losses for Swim Ireland, with new restrictions now causing more changes to the competition plan for 2020

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11 Clubs Set To Pilot Swim England’s New Virtual Competition ‘Level X’

England’s first ever virtual swimming competition is set to launch in late October and will be the first competitive activity the country has seen in months

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2 Seats On USA Swimming Board Of Directors To Be Filled This Weekend

Two-time US Olympian Cammile Adams is one of three swimmers on the ballot for a seat on USA Swimming’s Board of Directors this weekend.

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Swim Ireland Reveals Plan For 2020 Winter National Championships

Swim Ireland’s short course competition plan features a Virtual Meet in October as well as two ‘Actual’ Meets in November and December

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British Para-Swimming Championships Rescheduled For January 2021

British Para-Swimming have announced new dates for the National Para-Swimming Championships which were due to take place in early December. 

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Katinka Hosszu Releases Trailer on Instagram for Her Upcoming Movie

The trailer for ‘KATINKA’, which follows the life and preparation of 3x Olympic Champion Katinka Hosszu ahead of the Games next year, was released yesterday

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Swim England Developing Virtual Competition ‘Level X’

SE are reportedly aiming for a mid-October launch of the virtual competition, with more details of how it will run coming soon (photo: Jay Lelliott)

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ISL All-Time Best Swims For Season One (Women’s Events)

A collection of the Top 10 fastest swims in each event from the 1st season of the ISL -We’ve broken it up into women’s swims here; men’s article linked within

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ISL All-Time Best Swims For Season One (Men’s Events)

A collection of the Top 10 fastest swims in each event from the 1st season of the ISL -We’ve broken it up into men’s swims here; women’s article linked within

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Energy Standard Preparing “100%” For ISL Season 2

Even with the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics looming, James Gibson’s Energy Standard training group says that they’re “all in” on ISL training.

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Team GB’s Alice Dearing Appears In Music Video For ‘Reprise’ Project

Dearing is the only black swimmer on Team GB and advocates to remove prejudice in the sport and encourages people in the BAME community to take up swimming

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Roughly a Quarter of Pools in England Still Shut Despite Go-Ahead To Reopen

The #saveleisure campaign is pleading with the UK Government to assist facilities who have been unable to reopen their doors (pictured: Joe&Max Litchfield)

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Team Canada Reveals Kit For Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

The collection names style and functionality as the cornerstones of the design (pictured: Sarah Douglas, Kylie Masse, Pierce Lepage)

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