Despite being pregnant, Alison Sheppard is considering a comeback to elite competition. The 32-year-old Commonwealth Champion over 50m freestyle has competed at the last five Olympics and is thinking of going for a place in the freestyle event for the 2008 Beijing games.
Sheppard retired in February and discovered soon afterwards she and husband Gary van … Continue Reading→
Two medals, both bronze. That was it for the British swimming contingent at last summer’s Olympics in Athens. Disappointing? Absolutely. Embarrassing? Sure. Great Britain expected much more. For that reason, the upcoming World Championships in Montreal serve as an opportunity for redemption.
If nothing else, the Brits are looking good just two months before the World … Continue Reading→
Dutch Olympic champion Pieter van den Hoogenband has been forced out of this year's world championships in Montreal following a slower than expected recovery from a hernia operation. The Olympic 100m freestyle champion in Athens, van den Hoogenband is yet to win an individual world title, and will now have to wait until Melbourne … Continue Reading→
Georgina Lee, British record holder for 200m butterfly and a gold medal winner at the 2002 Commonwealth games has announced that she is retiring from swimming. Lee has been part of the British national team for the past nine years, in an international career that delivered a European short course bronze medal and … Continue Reading→
Chris Nesbit has been appointed as the head coach at the British Swimming offshore program in Australia. Nesbit , the former Portsmouth Northsea coach, is a two-time Olympic coach who oversaw the career of Katy Sexton, the 2003 world champion in the 200m backstroke.
The program, based out of the Southport School near Brisbane, has … Continue Reading→
