Emma Collings-Barnes – who played an integral role in Federico Burdisso‘s journey to the Olympic podium – and former world record-holder Zoe Baker are among 24 female coaches selected to UK Sport’s leadership programme.

The programme forms part of a plan to more than double female representation in the Olympic and Paralympic high-performance community in the three years from Tokyo to Paris 2024.

Coming from 17 sports, the coaches will work with a group of five coach leaders including Jan Leeming from British Diving who graduated from the 2021 programme.

Read more at: https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/emma-collings-barnes-and-zoe-baker-selected-to-uk-sport-female-leadership-programme/