Former regional swimmer Lucia Hooper reveals swapping her costume for boxing gloves has improved her mental health. Hooper found interest in the combat sport when she began studying at Loughborough University earlier this year. “It is an extremely sporty university so I was interested into doing a ‘different’ sport,” she said. “Something along the lines […]
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From teaching to competing- Meet University of Gloucestershire swimmer Emmie Parsons
Emmie 21 has been swimming almost all her life but hadn’t swum competitively since the pandemic however since moving to university she’s decided to jump back into the pool. Up until the age of 18, Parsons said she would train 8-9 times a week, training every single day and saying that she would “prioritize swimming […]