Olympic Swimmer Hopeful Created A Makeshift Pool To Train During The Pandemic
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If you’ve been holding off workouts because the gyms are closed, this 17-year-old swimmer and her creative training regime prove there are simply no excuses.
While Evie Davis diligently trains 17 hours a week, strict lockdown regulations in London have compelled her to set up a makeshift paddling pool and imagine herself vying in a competitive setting, the BBC reports.
The small tub is only a meter (3.3 feet) deep. And there’s no fanciful VR involved—to simulate distances longer than the pool’s wee four meters (13 feet), Davis ties herself to a fence and swims “for hours,” she tells the news outlet.
Her efforts haven’t gone unnoticed. In March, her performance at the British Swimming Invitation Meet put her on track to becoming the top 50 fastest Great Britain women of all time, a title she would have clinched had it been an official competition. If this were a formal event, she would have also set a Scottish national record for her age group.
Davis is getting ready for the European Junior Championship in Rome this week, and is setting her sights to compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
As they say, just keep swimming.
[via BBC News, cover image via Shutterstock]
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