Ellen Keane: 'I felt so free in the water, and it became a healthy addiction'

As she bows out of her final Paralympics, we look back at this interview with the swimmer and Dancing with the Stars finalist on a typical Saturday routine plus her book, her fur babies and future ambitions

Ellen Keane's book 'Perfectly Imperfect' is out in bookshops now.

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My alarm goes off pretty early, even at the weekends because I’m up early to train. I’ve been competitive swimming since I was eight years old when I was invited to a swimming competition in Northern Ireland.