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Excel: First Class

At the start of a new collaboration, where pullbuoy has teamed up with the GBSwimstars project, we take a look at the story behind the photos; the photos that record the state of Britain as a swimming nation leading into … View the gallery

Posted in GBSwimstars, Photo Galleries

11 still to go: the GB selection landscape

The dust has now well and truly settled on the British Olympic swimming trials and 38 swimmers will return to the Olympic aquatic centre this week for their orientation camp with selection well and truly secured. But that will not … Continue reading

Posted in London 2012, Olympics

Here’s how Lochte could win 9 golds; but can he do it?

“Can the laidback Ryan Lochte win a record nine golds?” asked Jessica Salter in The Telegraph last week. Such an achievement would surpass the 8 golds won in Beijing by Lochte’s huge rival Michael Phelps and while the man himself … Continue reading

Posted in London 2012, Olympics

Olympic trials in pictures

It was a great week of swimming at the Olympic Aquatic Centre; some of the bigger stories are captured in pictures below, courtesy of British Gas and SWPix.com Joe Roebuck put his 2008 disappointments behind him, qualifying for 3 individual … View the gallery

Posted in London 2012, Olympics, Photo Galleries

Olympic trials in numbers

For those competing at trials, the only numbers worth anything were the numebrs 1 and 2 next to their names on the scoreboard after the final, along with the times recorded of course. For everyone ele, these are the numbers … Continue reading

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