A group of British swimmers mainly drawn from Stockport Metro and Loughborough University got some early season long course racing in the back at the Flanders Swim Cup over the weekend. This meet has been a staple for the national team for the past few years but not this time, so it was left to the clubs to fly the Union Jack in Belgium.
The bullet cap, the evolution of the humble swimming cap into a piece of performance equipment. A device that aims to remove the lumps and bumps of latex and conventional silicon and make the top of your head the most streamlined it could possibly be. Or at least that’s the theory – I tested out three leading models to try out the practice.
Back at the beginning of the supersuit era Adidas were there front and centre. Ian Thorpe’s black all in one was one of the most iconic sights in the pool for several years, but as time wore on, despite the next generation of jet concept suits as worn by Olympic champion Jodie Henry, and a … Continue Reading→