Rio Rundown – Britain’s Brazilian Numbers

When pullbuoy spoke to Great Britain Head Coach Bill Furniss at the end of 2015 we asked him what a successful Olympics would be for him and the GB team. His answer was not medals, but a meet where the team delivered their best performance of the year. He wanted the squad to provide a season’s best percentage of 60% and if they did that then the medals would look after themselves. So how did the team fare?

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Gallery: Britain’s Olympic Swimmers

Meet Britain's Olympic swimming team and see what events they will each swim in Rio. Click on any picture to launch the slideshow and check out our day by day guide to see when they swim.

Adam Peaty: “I perform better under pressure”

When you’re heading onto an Olympic games as probably one of your county’s best hopes of a gold medal, the pressure is undoubtedly intense. But in the case of Adam Peaty it’s a pressure he carries lightly on his not inconsiderable shoulders. With a shrug of those he remarks “I perform better under pressure, I perform better in the great atmosphere, and when the crowd is cheering your name I perform 100% better.”

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