Following finalisation of the British Olympic swimming team on Sunday, an appeal against the non-selection of Molly Renshaw has been lodged after the 16 year old breaststroker was left out of the team, despite having swum the FINA A qualifying time at the Olympic Trials in March
There is no suggestion that British Swimming … Continue Reading→
Following the FINA Olympic open water qualifying event which took place in Setubal, Portugal over the weekend, there has been much speculation surrounding the British participant in the men's 10km event for London. This has been mainly centred around the battle between Daniel Fogg and David Davies, who were the two British representatives in the … Continue Reading→
Swimming may claim to be Britain’s biggest participation sport, but it won’t stay that way for long if the results of a new survey from the ASA are to be believed. The report, jointly released with Kellogg’s, shows that a third of children cannot swim the required 25 metres by the time they leave … Watch→
The swimming world is in mourning following the sudden passing of world 100m breaststroke champion Alexander Dale Oen at a training camp in Flagstaff, Arizona.
Alexander was Norway's' first ever Olympic medallist in the pool, taking silver in Beijing over the 100m breaststroke, and would have been one of the favourites for the Olympic crown in … Continue Reading→
Over the past weekend, across the globe at meets from Sheffield to Melbourne, Flanders to Austin, Britain's swimmers broke cover to compete for the first time in 2012. The series of early season swims gives observers the opportunity to assess the form book ahead of Olympic trials, which start in less than 7 weeks, and … Continue Reading→
