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Splash and Dash on GB Swimmers’ Minds

It wasn’t quite all everyone was talking about at the British Championships, but the announcement that 50m form events would be added to the programme for the 2028 Olympics was certainly on the mind of many of Britain’s top swimmers. Indeed, it even seems to have had an immediate impact on Aquatics GB who referenced it in their rationale for discretionary selection for this years World Championships even though for understandable reasons it was not part of the original selection policy. Here’s what some winners at the British Championships thought of the change.

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Back to the Old School: James Guy on his Return to the 400

2481 days. That was how long it had been since his last competitive 400m freestyle when James Guy stepped on the block at the City of Sheffield Winter meet to race the event again. It was a bit lower key than the previous swim which had seen a Commonwealth Bronze medal on the Gold Coast, but it marked the start of a return to the event for the man who remains the British Record holder and who will now take the blocks for 8 lengths of the London Aquatic centre at the forthcoming British Championships.

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The GB Ups and Downs in SwimSwam’s top 100 for 2025

For several years the writers at SwimSwam have put their heads together and set about picking their top 100 male and female swimmers for the year ahead based both on performance historically and potential looking forward. It remains interesting to review the lists with a GB focus and to see what those looking in from outside make of the British swimming scene, so here’s a look at this year’s outcomes.

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