Liam Tancock of Loughborough University lowered his own British record over 50m backstroke as he became the 5th swimmer to book his place on the world championships team. Meanwhile Rebecca Cooke also inked her name onto the team sheet, recording a personal best time over 800m freestyle.
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Melanie Marshall helped the women’s 4x200m relay squad to world championship qualification in taking the 200m title, but her time of 1:58.50 was just shy of the individual standard.
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James Goddard equalled the British record over 100m backstroke in Manchester last night as he joined James Gibson and Kirsty Balfour on the team for the Montreal World Championships. Meanwhile Rebecca Cooke set a new British record in the 400IM.
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The wave of retirements that has been sweeping through the national ranks has claimed another of Britain’s Athens Contingent as Sarah Price last night announced her decision to call time on her career.
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Kate Haywood posted the best swim of the opening night of the British World Championship trials as she scorched her way to a new British Record of 1:08.14 in the Women’s 100m breaststroke semi finals.
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