11-10-2025 21:00 via theguardian.com

This club could be the future of Australian swimming – and it looks very different | Kieran Pender

The sport is falling behind when it comes to diversity. But at one pool in Melbourne’s west, people are working hard to change thatIt is 6am on a crisp Friday morning at Broadmeadows aquatic centre in Melbourne’s north-west, and members of the Western Melbourne Propulsion Swim Club are doing laps under the watchful eye of their coach. It is a scene repeated every morning at pools across Australia. But at Broadmeadows, something is different.The composition of many of Australia’
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