As Goodburn offers an insight into what he, and many others, must face on a daily basis, a tear rolls down each cheek. “I see the future in different ways on different days,” he explains. “There are days when I wake up feeling positive and hoping things are going to be out there that can...
Lindsey Walke raises nearly £3000 for Alzheimer’s Society by crossing the channel on Saturday. Read full article at source...
Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles has called former US swimmer and activist Riley Gaines “sick” over online comments about a transgender woman softball player. Gaines, who has regularly spoken out about transgender women athletes competing in women’s sport, mocked Minnesota State High School League for removing comments on their post about the Chaplin Park girls’...
A long-distance swimmer is on the brink of attempting to achieve a lifelong dream by swimming the English Channel. On Monday morning Lindsey Walke, 49, from Plymouth, said she was waiting for the call from her boat pilot to begin the challenge, a feat that could take up to 13 hours. Ms Walke, a lifelong...
George Thorpe BBC News, Devon PA Media Lewis Pugh took 12 days to complete the swim around Martha’s Vineyard An endurance swimmer has said “we must stop killing sharks” as he completed a 60-mile (96km) trek around the area where Jaws was filmed. Lewis Pugh, a conservationist from Plymouth, swam in stormy weather around the...
Rebecca Woods BBC Panorama Getty Images Rūta Meilutytė won Olympic gold in 2012, and recalls cutting comments about her weight A world record-breaking swimmer has told BBC Panorama she was left “broken” by the harsh regime run by one of the UK’s most successful swimming coaches. Rūta Meilutytė, who won gold at the London 2012...
PA Media Lewis Pugh began his 60-mile (901 km) 12 day swim on Thursday Endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh is braving a great white shark hotspot on the 50th anniversary of the movie Jaws to highlight the importance of protecting the species. Pugh, from Plymouth, Devon, began his 60-mile (901km) 12-day swim around Martha’s Vineyard, an...
The problem to which Peaty refers was his quest for a third consecutive Olympic 100m breaststroke gold last July. He had to settle for silver by an agonising 0.02 seconds, having contracted Covid-19 earlier in the week. He was in tears afterwards and again soon after when holding his three-year-old son, George. “I got ill...