No sooner had British Swimming announced their funding lists for 2023/24, they also announced a bumper sized squad would head to Romania in December to contest the European Short Course Championships. A team of 35 is large for a meet in a 25m format that doesn’t always attract significant support from British Swimming, but this probably reflects the needs of the coming Olympic season
LEN have revealed more details about the inaugural European Under 23 championships that will take place this year, making it a definite development competition, but with some exciting potential. The changes made, though, are likely to have an impact on those Britain could select.
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?
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.
It was a superb week of swimming for Britain at the European championships in Budapest, with a haul of 26 medals, including 11 gold, lifting the team to the head of the medal table. There is a lot then for us to review and celebrate on the podcast – join Steve, Bob and Katie to look back at an exciting week’s action in the pool and consider the implications for the Tokyo Olympics.