Olympic hopeful spent lockdown training ‘in a makeshift pool’

Record-breaking 17-year-old Evie Davis from Bromley has set her sights on swimming at the Olympics in Paris. …

At just 17 years old, Evie Davis has already represented Team GB at the European Swimming Championships and set a British swimming record.

But when pools closed during the pandemic, the teenager from Bromley, south London, found herself having to train in a makeshift paddling pool.

Her next challenge is the European Junior Championship in Rome this week, but she also hopes to make it to the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

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