Swim your age
Rowan Clarke finds out why swimming is the elixir of youth
There’s a pervasive stereotype of the older swimmer. Dry-haired, bobbing breaststroke, sedate, gently swimming lengths of the local pool.
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There’s a pervasive stereotype of the older swimmer. Dry-haired, bobbing breaststroke, sedate, gently swimming lengths of the local pool.
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