Halfway through the Tokyo 2020 swimming programme and Britain is flying with 3 golds and a silver already secured. Steve and Katie are joined by triple Olympian Ross Davenport, who knows a thing or two about 4 x 200 freestyle relays, to look back over a fantastic four days at the Olympics and to consider the prospects for the rest of the meet.
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We’ve run down the best GB chances in the pool, across the men’s and women’s individual events, the men’s relays and the women’s and mixed relays, but now time to turn attention to when you can see them in action in Tokyo. Here’s a full GB schedule and day by day run down.
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Back in 2015, in the build up to the world championships of that year, Chris Spice spoke of how he wanted GB to become a force in the relay events. Well fast forward six years and that has certainly been the case. Now it’s time to dive into the women’s chances and also consider the mixed medley relay, an event making its Olympic debut in Tokyo.
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The Olympic swimming programme is almost upon us. There’s plenty to get excited about from a British perspective and Katie, Bob and Steve are joined by double Olympian Lizzie Simmonds to preview Tokyo 2020.
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The relay events often deliver some of the most exciting racing at any major championships, and in recent years have produced some memorable moments for Great Britain. Who can forget for example Duncan Scott’s anchor leg heroics in Gwangju or the drama surrounding the women’s 4×200 relay in Fukuoka back in 2001? Certainly for the men’s squad, recent years have seen the relays become a fertile hunting ground for medals, so let’s dig into the team hopes on the men’s side
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