It’s been a few months since we were last with you and so this is a great time to catch up on the bigger stories in British Swimming over the summer. Steve, Bob and Katie consider changes of training base, comebacks, funding and British Records before taking a look forward to the year ending European Short Course Championships.
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A big British team will head to the European Short Championships at the start of December, but before they jump on a plane for Romania there’s the small matter of selection for the 2024 World Championships to be resolved, with a team due to be named at the end of November and relays sure to be a key focus.
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No sooner had British Swimming announced their funding lists for 2023/24, they also announced a bumper sized squad would head to Romania in December to contest the European Short Course Championships. A team of 35 is large for a meet in a 25m format that doesn’t always attract significant support from British Swimming, but this probably reflects the needs of the coming Olympic season
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It was less “reinventing the wheel” than it was “steady as she goes” as British Swimming named 54 swimmers to the 2023/24 funding lists ahead of Olympic season. The total number of funded swimmers grew by 1 from last year, but the relatively small turnover, reflects a desire for consistency ahead of the big show in Paris next summer.
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