With most of their GB international teammates having recorded their first long course swims of 2016, a team from Stirling University took to the pool in Amiens to fire their opening salvo of the year in the 50m pool.
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Get early entry to the Dart 10k and support Level Water
For open water swimmers, the Dart 10k is the UK's ultimate swimming adventure. It's a 10km downstream swim in the River Dart, one of the most beautiful stretches of river in the country, taking place on the weekend of 3rd and 4th September. This is more of an experience than a race, and … Continue Reading→
Proud and Miley open 2016 accounts in Luxembourg
With their international teammates making racing debuts in 2016 last weekend, Ben Proud and Hannah Miley broke cover at the 18th Euro Meet in Luxembourg this weekend as they began their pursuit of a plane ticket to Rio in earnest.
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Starting gun fired on GB race to Rio
The starting gun on the race to Rio was well and truly fired last week for Britain's swimmers as their first weekend of racing in 2016 kicked off around the world. As he explained in the pullbuoy podcast, Bill Furniss has mandated that his swimmers need to race at particular times, which saw teams in … Continue Reading→
Olympic trials to be live streamed – but should they be on TV?
GB’s Olympic trials will not be on TV as it stands but they will at least be live streamed from Glasgow . Clearly that’s a step forward from 2015, but some people feel its not enough. Hence there is a petition doing the rounds to try and convince a broadcaster to carry them.
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