Shortly after Britain’s Olympic trials came to a close, Steve Parry was quoted as rating Britain’s women as third best in the world, just behind the US and Australia. That seemed a reasonable claim, but there was a nagging doubt that perhaps GB was closer to overtaking Australia than it seemed. So we thought we’d test it out.
Continue Reading →Last November, word emerged from the FINA technical swimming committee that the introduction of mixed relays into international competition was being considered. Purely in interest, we looked at how Britain would make up relay quartets had the event been included in Shanghai last year
Continue Reading →Scotland has a proud tradition in breaststroke, from Olympic champion David Willkie to 2003 world silver medallist Ian Edmond. It’s a tradition that continues today with Michael Jamieson, Commonwealth silver medallist in Delhi and Kris Gilchrist, who heads to the Shanghai World Championships alongside his compatriot to line up in the 100m breaststroke.
Continue Reading →The lure of collegiate swimming in the USA has always been great for up and coming British swimmers, but being so far from home doesn’t work for everyone. One such swimmer is Swansea’s Jemma Lowe who is reaping the benefits of a return to the UK.
Continue Reading →The relative weakness of Britain’s men’s sprint programme over the last ten years has been a running theme but here we find ourselves in 2011, a pre-Olympic year with a world championships looming and nothing having really changed.
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