The penultimate night of finals brought sprint and medley fireworks to the London Aquatic Centre as three more qualification standards for this summer’s World Championships were achieved. Abbie Wood and Ben Proud were the pick of the bunch as they took big wins. Here’s a day 5 update from the British Championships.
Katie Shanahan won her second backstroke title of the week while Ed Mildred took his first ever on the fourth night of action in London. Here’s a selection update.
Ollie Morgan stamped his authority all over the third night of finals at the London Aquatic Centre, demolishing his own British Record in the 100m backstroke with a 52.12 blast. That was one of a number of exciting finals that secured several more swimmers their places at the world championships.
A mixed bag on the opening night in London with the ladies making all the moves to Singapore as the first set of tickets to the far east were rubber stamped at the British Championships and World Championship trials. Here’s a day 1 selection update.
2481 days. That was how long it had been since his last competitive 400m freestyle when James Guy stepped on the block at the City of Sheffield Winter meet to race the event again. It was a bit lower key than the previous swim which had seen a Commonwealth Bronze medal on the Gold Coast, but it marked the start of a return to the event for the man who remains the British Record holder and who will now take the blocks for 8 lengths of the London Aquatic centre at the forthcoming British Championships.