{"id":12696,"date":"2022-10-10T09:47:44","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T09:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusefornews.com\/2022\/10\/10\/why-im-learning-to-swim-at-27\/"},"modified":"2022-10-10T09:47:44","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T09:47:44","slug":"why-im-learning-to-swim-at-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fusefornews.com\/?p=12696","title":{"rendered":"‘Why I’m learning to swim at 27’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A BBC presenter is learning to swim at the age of 27 in the space of just eight weeks.<\/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 under-represented in aquatics, 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\u2019t Swim<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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