Swimming New Zealand have announed a team of 10 for the swimming events at the Commonwealth Games. Top medal hope will be Dean Kent - currently ranked 3rd over 400 IM - after a promising performance at the World Short Course earlier this year.
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The Welsh ASA have announced the first phase of their Commonwealth Team selection, with the second set of swimmers to be picked following following the final selection event at the Grand Prix Final in Glasgow which took place last week. 4 swimmers have ben selected for individual events (Catrin Davies, Bethan Coole, David Davies … Continue Reading→

Mark Foster has been providing one of his his local papers (the Cambridge Evening News) with an insight into his buildup to the Commonwealth games, including some interesting views on the standard of his domestic rivals...

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Manchester represents a step forward for Elite Athletes with a Disability in Commonwealth terms as it is the first games where there are EAD events included alongside the mainstream events, in all sports not just swimming. Any medals won by the EAD competitors will count towards the overall medal tallies of the relevant country.

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