This club could be the future of Australian swimming – and it looks very different | Kieran Pender

The sport is falling behind when it comes to diversity. But at one pool in Melbourne’s west, people are working hard to change that It is 6am on a crisp Friday morning at Broadmeadows aquatic centre in Melbourne’s north-west, and members of the Western Melbourne Propulsion Swim Club are doing laps under the watchful eye of their coach. It is a scene repeated every morning at pools across Australia. But at Broadmeadows, something is different. The composition of many of Australia’s favourite spor