In just a few weeks GB’s best swimmers will be heading back to the London Aquatic Centre for the British Swimming Championships which bring with them the opportunity to qualify for the world championship team that will head to Singapore in the Summer. Here’s a run down of how events in London will shape selection of that team.
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Aquatics GB has confirmed their funding lists for 2025 with 57 swimmers allocated spots across the two tiers of support. This announcement has come later than usual, perhaps reflecting the change in head coach to Steven Tigg late in 2024 and the need to give him time to get across the programmes, but his influence is hard to discern, with the selections carrying a great deal of consistency with previous years at the top level, and no greater turnover at the lower tier.
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For several years the writers at SwimSwam have put their heads together and set about picking their top 100 male and female swimmers for the year ahead based both on performance historically and potential looking forward. It remains interesting to review the lists with a GB focus and to see what those looking in from outside make of the British swimming scene, so here’s a look at this year’s outcomes.
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