Alice Dearing: Britain's only black elite swimmer looking to challenge cultural myths

As Great Britain's only black elite swimmer Alice Dearing is on a mission to promote inclusivity and diversity in a swimming world damaged by stereotypes.

While 95 per cent of black adults in England do not swim and 80 per cent of black children have never been swimming according to Swim England statistics, Birmingham-born Dearing is seen as an anomaly, learning to swim at the age of five.