Georgina Lee, British record holder for 200m butterfly and a gold medal winner at the 2002 Commonwealth games has announced that she is retiring from swimming. Lee has been part of the British national team for the past nine years, in an international career that delivered a European short course bronze medal and … Continue Reading→
Chris Nesbit has been appointed as the head coach at the British Swimming offshore program in Australia. Nesbit , the former Portsmouth Northsea coach, is a two-time Olympic coach who oversaw the career of Katy Sexton, the 2003 world champion in the 200m backstroke.
The program, based out of the Southport School near Brisbane, has … Continue Reading→
Disappointing. Underwhelming. Poor. All words that have been bandied about in relation to the British World Championship Trials. Many complained about the stringent qualifying standards that … Continue Reading→
Local knowledge is a wonderful thing; inside knowledge is even better. That’s why, after his analysis last year, we again tracked down Ian Pope, coach to five swimmers selected for the Montreal World Championships in Giaan Rooney, Michael Klim, Patrick Murphy, Brett Hawke and Matt Welsh.
With no Ian Thorpe at the Australian trials this year, Australian swimming must have hoped that someone would stand up and make a story to keep up the profile of … Continue Reading→