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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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Aquatics GB Funding Lists for 2025 resist wholesale change

Aquatics GB has confirmed their funding lists for 2025 with 57 swimmers allocated spots across the two tiers of support. This announcement has come later than usual, perhaps reflecting the change in head coach to Steven Tigg late in 2024 and the need to give him time to get across the programmes, but his influence is hard to discern, with the selections carrying a great deal of consistency with previous years at the top level, and no greater turnover at the lower tier.

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