Following a trials meet that exceeded most expectations in terms of the quality in the pool Britain’s selectors have named a team of 28 swimmers in the first round of Olympic selection, with 24 swimmers added to the four swimmers already named.
With pools closed over lockdown, thousands of previously pool bound swimmers found themselves turning to lakes and rivers to keep themselves moving. With a new open water season looming in the UK, one of the country’s most picturesque open water series has opened for entries and at the same time announced a new title sponsor
With exactly six months to go until the rescheduled Tokyo Olympic Games are due to begin, assuming of course that the current coronavirus complications can be overcome, Tom Dean believes the delay could work in his favour as he seeks to follow in the wake of some celebrated University of Bath-based swimmers.
We want to make a swimming themed music video – think the USA 2012 Olympic swimming team doing “Call Me Maybe” (below) or the GB dive team performing “Sexy and I Know It”, but more bespoke and more, well, swimming-y.