2002 Commonwealth champion over 200m freestyle, Karen Pickering has confirmed what many have suspected for sometime, as she announced her retirement from international swimming.
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mew sent home from montreal
Darren Mew was sensationally sent home from Montreal last night following his disappointing performance in the 100m breaststroke heats, where he failed to progress to the semi finals after clocking 1:02.43. That time was over two seconds outside his Commonwealth Record of 1:00.02 and Mew, the fourth fastest performer all time in the event, … Continue Reading→
hackett king of the pool in montreal
A personal best performance for David Davies was not enough to get the Welshman into medal contention in the 800m freestyle, a race that was dominated by Grant Hackett on his way to a new world record. Elsewhere the best finish for Britain came from Chris Cook in the 50m breaststroke, while Mel Marshall fell at the final hurdle in the 200m freestyle.
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three progress to finals as gibson and cooke falter
Personal best performances from David Davies and Chris Cook were the highlights on an otherwise disappointing day in Montreal for Britain’s swimmers. Davies qualified fourth fastest for tomorrow’s 800m freestyle final, while Cook set his third PB of the meet to secure a spot in the 50m breaststroke final.
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creditable sixth for cook
Chris Cook was the only British swimmer participating in finals on the second evening of competition, and finished a creditable 6th in the final of the 100m breaststroke. Swimming in Lane 2, the Newcastle swimmer clocked 1:00.99, shy of his personal best from the semis but still under his pre-Montreal best, and was unable to get himself into the medal race happening in the centre of the pool.
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