Swimming
#418 How Emma Igelström is Helping to Transform Swimming in Saudi Arabia
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Mar 4, 202532:02
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Emma Igelström never expected to find herself in Saudi Arabia, pioneering swimming programs in a country where female competition only began three years ago. But the former world champion breaststroker and the first woman to ever break 30 seconds in the 50 SCM Breaststroke, has always been drawn to challenges. “I went into those clubs, I saw the pool is empty. I mean, there was no people in the pool. And for me, comi
