Karen Pickering expresses her disappointment on twitter
As America’s swimmers celebrated their Olympic success at the annual Golden Goggles awards in New York, and Australia prepared to host its own Swimmer of the Year awards bash in Melbourne, it emerged that the British version, … Continue Reading→
One of the enduring images of the Paralympics was of swimmer Ellie Simmonds crying tears of joy as she overcame exhaustion and fatigue to beat her rivals to yet another gold medal. Ellie eptimosises the spirit of the Paralymics, overcoming adversity to become a world class sportswoman … Watch→
Outoging British Swimming coach Ben Titley believes the country should be more realistic about its expectations of what constitutes success in the pool.
Titley, who is leaving his position at Loughborough ITC to take a post with the Canadian swimming team, admitted he was frustrated by the lack of medals in the pool for the host … Watch→
Liam Tancock has no intention of following the lead of Rebecca Adlington and Gemma Spofforth in ruling himself out of contention for Rio 2016. Spofforth has retired from the sport at the age of 24 following a fifth-placed finish in the 100m backstroke at London 2012. Tancock … Watch→
The World Record set by Ye Shiwen in the final of the women's 400 individual medley in London certainly got people talking. Unfortunately for the 16-year-old it got a lot of people talking for the wrong reasons, with allusions to China's doping past swiftly coming to the forefont.
The source of this suspicion was the way … Continue Reading→