Take a look inside the International Swimming League and follow the London Roar in their quest to reach the grand final on the London Roar Podcast. With exclusive access to the Roar swimmers and coaches, you'll get the best insight and analysis of the ISL, as we go behind the scenes with the team, and get the lowdown on life in the competition.
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The Roar have made it to the 2021 ISL grand final which takes place this coming week. We tracked down two London Legends in Alia Atkinson and Guilherme Guido to get their views on a tough match with Energy just gone and to look forward to the final.
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It went to the final skins races, but the London Roar secured an opening victory in the ISL playoffs, holding off a late charge from Cali Condors to take a win that moves them one step closer to a grand final appearance Joining us to look back on the drama in Eindhoven are Freya Anderson and Tom Dean.
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Roar co-captain Sydney Pickrem and backstroke ace Kira Toussaint join this week’s London Roar podcast to look back at the Roar’s last match and talk about how the team will bounce back next week. Plus we meet the newest member of the pride, Dutch sprinter Valerie van Roon
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The ISL regular season is done and dusted, and having let the Roar team disperse back to their home bases, we caught up with Head Coach Steve Tigg and rising Roar star Katie Shanahan to review the prelims and look forward to the playoffs.
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It was a close run thing as the Roar pushed Energy Standard to the wire in their third match of this year’s ISL. Second place secured a spot in the playoffs though, and Steve and Katie are joined by Roar stalwarts Emma McKeon and Kyle Chalmers to review an exciting match and look forward to what comes next week
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The Roar posted their first win of ISL season 3, holding off the Cali Condors in a match than went to the final skins event. Marie Wattel and Luke Greenbank join Steve and Katie on the London Roar podcast to review a hard fought match.
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The London Roar made their debut into International Swimming League season 3 with their opening match blowing away the cobwebs and showing some promise for the season ahead. Steve and Katie caught up with Roar swimmers Dylan Carter and Duncan Scott to look back at that match and to consider the challenges to come
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The London Roar Podcast is back for 2021 and ISL Season 3! In this episode we preview events in Naples with Roar General Manager Rob Woodhouse and Head Coach Steven Tigg to talk team, tactics and season aims.
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The London Roar Podcast is back for 2021! Pullbuoy has joined forces with the London Roar once again to bring you the London Roar Podcast during season 3 of the International Swimming League. We’ll be behind the scenes with the team in Naples to take you inside the battle for places in the ISL playoffs.
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It was a thrilling conclusion to ISL 2020 as Cali Condors ran out convincing winners in the season finale with the London Roar in a creditable third place. In this season wrap Steve Katie and Bob are joined by Roar general manger Rob Woodhouse to look back at the highs and lows of Budapest and to get some insight into team tactics, recruitment and what we can expect from ISL season 3 in 2021.
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After an exciting semi final that saw the Roar book their ISL final place, we’re joined by Adam Peaty and Kira Toussaint who both broke world records in the Duna Arena pool. Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers also joins us from Sydney to give us a Roar From Offshore with his thoughts on events in Budapest.
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A hard fought double header closed the regular season for the Roar as they secured their semi final place. With eyes now turning to the knockout rounds we caught up with freestyle superstar Freya Anderson and Olympic silver medallist James Guy to get the lowdown on the two matches.
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A hard fought win for the Roar in the latest round of matches as they held off a strong challenge from the LA Current and the Tokyo Frog Kings to maintain their winning start. Bob, Katie and Steve catch up with two of the swimmers key to that victory in Alia Atkinson and Annie Lazor, to talk about coming through in a tight match, taking on the skins and what was going on behind the blocks between rounds, and dive into the novel world of breaststroke tumble turns.
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The Roar had a week off competition this week, but face a stern test this weekend as they take on LA Current, the Tokyo Frog Kings and DC Trident in their second match of the ISL. Bob, Katie and Steve spoke to Aimee Willmott and Tom Dean about the challenge they will face from their rivals.
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It was a dominant win for the Roar in their opening ISL match with plenty to consider for Bob, Katie and Steve in the second London Roar Podcast.
We’re joined by Sydney Pickrem and Luke Greenbank to discuss a winning start while Kyle Chalmers provides the first Roar From Offshore and gives us his view on the result. We also test out how well all three of them know their Roar team mates with a game of “Lion or Lying”
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The second season of the International Swimming League is nearly upon us with the teams ready in the Budapest bubble as the big kick off nears.
In this season preview we look forward to an exciting season of swimming and look at London’s chances of going one better than in 2019, consider who the key recruits are and what impact the Australian withdrawal has had in the company of Mel Marshall and Rob Woodhouse
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Pullbuoy has joined forces with the London Roar for the second season of the International swimming league to bring you the London Roar Podcast.
We’ll go behind the scenes with the team, with exclusive access to the swimmers and staff, to bring you the lowdown on life in the Budapest swimming bubble as the battle for places in the ISL grand final rages.
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