If you’ve listed to the pullbuoy podcast at all over the past few years you’ll know we like to debate Britain’s distance swimming prowess. In an effort to find out what’s being done to reinvigorate GB’s performance in the longer events Steve and Bob turn to British Swimming distance lead Kevin Renshaw.
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As well as the world championships in Fukuoka, 2023 brings with it a new competition from LEN in the shape of an under-23 European Championships. What’s the aim and what could a GB team look like?
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People of all ages and abilities seeking a New Year fitness challenge are being encouraged to sign up for Swimathon 2023 by Olympic swimming legends Duncan Goodhew MBE and Mark Foster. The event takes place from 12th to 14th May 2023, with entries now open.
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2022 was the strangest of swimming years. Never before had we seen a world championships off and then almost immediately on again, let alone in a year that already boasted a Commonwealth Games and European Championships. It all led to a cluttered calendar but one with opportunity abounding for Britain’s swimmers. From that surfeit of international competition it’s no easy task to pick the cream of the crop, but here are the pullbuoy swimmers of the year for 2022.
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British Swimming last week named the swimmers to the two world class programme funding groups for the 2022-23 season. This announcement came later than usual but marks an evolution rather than a wholesale shake up of the programme, despite the total number of funded swimmers growing by 8 since last year
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