Fran Halsall has spoken openly of her post 2012 struggles and given an in depth breakdown of the bus dramas that almost led to her missing her 50m freestyle semi final at the Rio Olympics while speaking to Hannah Miley and Lauren Quigley on the Honest Athletes Podcast.

For the past few years, Swimswam has published their top 100 prospects for the coming season as each new year rolls around. It’s interesting to see where the US focussed site ranks GB’s swimmers on a global level and to see how that opinion has changed since the previous year’s list.

People of all ages and abilities seeking a New Year fitness challenge are being encouraged to sign up for Swimathon 2023 by Olympic swimming legends Duncan Goodhew MBE and Mark Foster. The event takes place from 12th to 14th May 2023, with entries now open.

British Swimming last week named the swimmers to the two world class programme funding groups for the 2022-23 season. This announcement came later than usual but marks an evolution rather than a wholesale shake up of the programme, despite the total number of funded swimmers growing by 8 since last year