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October 6, 2024USA Swimming, the sport’s national governing body, has a sordid history of looking the other way when coaches sexually abuse athletes, according to this searing report…. The subject matter makes for grim reading, but the abhorrent institutional wrongdoing Muchnick uncovers deserves to be widely known. This will make waves.
As young swimmers and their families pursue their Olympic dreams, and our culture encourages young girls to play competitive sports, some adults take advantage. It’s this very troubling side of competitive swimming that Irvin Muchnick documents in his powerful new book.
- “SWIM PARENTS MUST READ” Words cannot describe the betrayal I feel from something I love…. Swimming. There have been dirty secrets lurking in and around swimming pools worldwide, including my own home pool. It’s shocking to see the names of people I know, and with whom I have shared the water; some are victims, and some are coaches…. This is a MUST read.
- “An important book for the Olympic sports community” UNDERWATER is a well-researched, matter-of-fact detailing of abuse in the competitive swimming community. What is best explained is the deeply woven network of coaches and administrators protecting each other and giving each other too many chances…. [I]f you’re tired of how repeated the abuse is and how clearly it keeps happening as a reader, think about how it must be for the swimmers and coaches. An important book for anyone who follows any Olympic sport, not just those who follow swimming.
