For the first time in at least 20 years, we head into the second half of the year having not seen a British Record in the pool. So that set the cogs whirring; which were the oldest British Records in the books? In this special podcast we hear from the holders of those records, Becky Adlington and David Davies who recall their record breaking swims and get expert coaching input from Kevin Renshaw.
After a pandemic induced delay, Britain’s transplant swimmers once again dominated the World Transplant Games, with a 62 medal haul in Perth, Australia, allied to 15 new world records.
After a swift revision to their selection policy when things didn’t look to be going too well at the 2023 British Championships, which acted also as selection trials for this year’s world championships, British Swimming have now named a squad of 29 swimmers for that meet.
It was an eventful week in Sheffield as the places on the British Team for the World Championships were decided, and not just in the pool. Plenty for Steve, Bob and Katie to get their teeth into then, as we review the ups and downs from the 2023 British Championships.
The British Championships is the meet from which the team headed to Fukuoka and the World Championships of 2023 will be selected. Here’s the running tally of who makes the grade.