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The Total Sport Podcast: Brown Gal Can’t Swim: 4. Drowning Not Swimming

Summaya Mughal seeks help of Rebecca Adlington and Alice Dearing to learn how to swim.

Brown Gal Can’t Swim

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The Total Sport Podcast: Brown Gal Can’t Swim

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Summaya Mughal can’t swim. With the help of Olympic legends Rebecca Adlington and Alice Dearing, she’s determined to learn.

Summaya Mughal can’t swim. With the help of Olympic legends Rebecca Adlington and Alice Dearing, she’s determined to learn.

In this award-winning podcast, Summaya embarks on a personal journey to find out why swimming wasn’t a priority when she was growing up, why there aren’t more South Asian women taking to the water and what can be done to encourage more to take the plunge.

Producer: Ollie Peart
Online producer: Rachael Smith
Executive producer: Kathryn Morrison

Originally broadcast on local BBC radio.

Winner of Best Podcast at the British Sports Journalism Award 2023.

4. Drowning Not Swimming

BBC Local Radio - The Total Sport Podcast, Brown Gal Can’t Swim, 4. Drowning Not Swimming

Seeing someone nearly drown is scary for Summaya.

Seeing someone nearly drown is scary for Summaya.  First black female swimmer to represent Team GB at the Olympics, Alice Dearing helps Summaya carry on.

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