Scottish swimmer and London 2012 silver medallist Michael Jamieson took to his first triathlon like a duck to water Saturday 4 June as he completed Blenheim Palace Triathlon to raise nearly £600 for blood cancer charity Bloodwise. The 27-year-old Glaswegian took part in support of his friend and fellow swimmer Lewis Coleman, who lost his … Continue Reading→
Britain's Olympic swimmers assembled in Barcelona for the final leg of the Mare Nostrum tour over the weekend, the last time they will be together as one until they jet off to their holding camp in Belo Horizonte in July. Once again the team's aim was to race tough, and by doing that they collected … Continue Reading→
Jazz Carlin took two wins at the head of a group of British swimmers competing in the second round of the Mare Nostrum tour in Canet as preparations for Rio continued apace with two days of tough racing.
2008 and 2012 Olympian Jemma Lowe features on a set of commemorative stamps launched by the Isle of Man post office to mark the 2016 edition of the Olympic Game in Rio de Janeiro.
The European Masters Swimming Championships took place last week in London, hosted at the same Olympic Aquatic Centre that only the week before had seen the elite European championships take place. But whereas those championships had sparkled like a diamond, the masters' equivalent was a deeply flawed gem.
It all started some time before when entries … Continue Reading→
