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.
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Britain’s men sprinting to stand still
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.
Continue Reading →Our favourite thorpe moments
The man in the big black suit is no more, with Ian Thorpe having hung up his goggles and called time on his illustrious career. Along the way there have been countless highs and impressive performances, but the four below are our favourites.
Continue Reading →Baker back as a kiwi
Three of England’s gold medal winners from Manchester will be in Melbourne attempting to retain the titles they won in 2002. Only two of them will be sporting the red rose however as the third, Zoe Baker, returns under the silver fern. The former British swimmer is aiming to add a second Commonwealth gold medal to her collection but this time for her adopted New Zealand.
Continue Reading →outside lane, out of mind
The outside smoker, a speedy swimmer in lane one or eight who takes a field by surprise to win the gold, is hardly a new phenomenon but it has been one that has appeared with unusual regularity in Montreal in these World Championships. So is there something peculiar about the pool, are swimmers getting more practiced at dealing with the qualification process or are there more rational explanations?
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