{"id":62061,"date":"2022-10-10T09:25:03","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T09:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/10\/10\/why-im-learning-to-swim-at-27-2\/"},"modified":"2022-10-10T09:25:03","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T09:25:03","slug":"why-im-learning-to-swim-at-27-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/10\/10\/why-im-learning-to-swim-at-27-2\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Why I’m learning to swim at 27’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A BBC presenter learned to swim in just eight weeks at the age of 27.<\/p>\n

Summaya Mughal, who works for BBC Radio Leicester, says cultural barriers prevented her from learning to swim as a child.<\/p>\n

According to Swim England, people from ethnically diverse communities are underrepresented in water sports, with just 3.4% swimming often, compared to 5.5% of people from white communities.<\/p>\n

You can hear Summaya’s whole journey on the BBC Sounds podcast Brown Gal Can’t Swim.<\/p>\n

Follow BBC East Midlands on <\/i>Facebook, <\/i>Twitter<\/a>or <\/i>Instagram. Submit your story ideas to <\/i>eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n