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A GB team of 17 swimmers will hit the waters at the European Short Course championship in Lublin, Poland this week to round out the international racing season for 2025. Here are 4 things to look out for.
There was a bombshell announcement his week as Ben Proud retired from swimming with immediate effect and instead joined the Enhanced Games. On this extra podcast, Steve, Bob and Katie take a brief look at the issues that this raises.
British swimming was left reeling today as Ben Proud announced he had signed with the Enhanced Games. Rumours had been circulating ahead of the announcement, which was confirmed on Proud’s Instagram. Where he stated he would be “retiring from traditional swimming to compete in the Enhanced Games. “Stepping into a framework that challenges everything we … Continue reading Proud Jumps to Enhanced Games →
Ollie Morgan with his sponsors Torq have released a short film titled "Blueprint of an Olympian" where they explore what it means for him to have reached the pinnacle of the sport.
It wasn’t the World Championships the British team was hoping for, or indeed the one we all expected with a haul of only 2 medals in Singapore. There is a lot of context to be applied, with illness a significant factor for a number of teams, but there were plenty of high points for Steve Bob and Katie to look back on, including another world title for the men’s 4x200 freestyle and a superb British Record from Freya Colbert.
It was 2010 when Great Britain last had a man ranked in the top three in the world in the 100m backstroke in the shape of Liam Tancock. Not that the next man to achieve that feat would have known, because Ollie Morgan wasn't watching. Now he's heading to a second world championships with the podium in mind.
In this episode, Steve, Bob and Katie look forward to the 2025 World Swimming Championships in Singapore, and run the rule over the British team's prospects, including great podium chances for Angharad Evans, Ollie Morgan, Duncan Scott, Ben Proud and more.
World Aquatics today loaded individual event entries on to the World Championships site and gave us a first look at what the British team will be swimming in Singapore.
It wasn't quite all everyone was talking about at the British Championships, but the announcement that 50m form events would be added to the programme for the 2028 Olympics was certainly on the mind of many of Britain's top swimmers. Indeed, it even seems to have had an immediate impact on Aquatics GB who referenced it in their rationale for discretionary selection for this years World Championships even though for understandable reasons it was not part of the original selection policy. Here's what... Читать дальше...
If you’re the reigning world champion and have just finished fourth in the Olympics, a finger tip away from the podium then it might be expected that you’d be back chasing success in that event the following season. But for Freya Colbert a change is as good as a rest in 2025, even if the 400IM remains on her programme for the World Championships.