British Swimming has named a team of 11 swimmers for this winter’s World Short Course Championships, slated to take place in Melbourne in December. The squad is headlined by defending champion Ben Proud while Adam Peaty returns to GB action after recovering from his broken foot.
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With the whirlwind of an unprecedented long course summer now consigned to history, the short course season kicks off in earnest this weekend in Berlin as the Swimming Workd Cup series returns.
With no ISL this year due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, the FINA series represents the main … Continue Reading→
By the time of the 1986 Commonwealth Games I’d been to the Olympics and won a European championships medal and this was almost a good practice for the Olympics coming up, but I still waned to do well at these Games themselves.
There had been some political issues … Continue Reading→
The longest summer of international swimming in living memory came to a close in fine style at the European Championships in Rome. Steve, Katie and Bob reconvene for the final podcast of the season and consider the meet plus there’s time to answer a number of listener questions.
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The last few years have been challenging for Lewis Burras with many mental and physical ups and downs as he sought to find his place in the swimming world. In this episode of the pullbuoy podcast Lewis explains how working with coach Zoe Baker and a sports psychologist, and a change of mindset towards being accountable for his own performance has allowed him to deliver in the water.
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