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→
The shortest distance between two points is a straight line so you’d imagine that a direct route from one end of the pool to the other would be the selected option for swimmers in an Olympic race. Not so; many competitors in the 800m and 1500m in London were seen to be circle swimming, but what are the distance implications?
Olympic silver medallist swimmer Michael Jamieson is convinced he has what it takes to become a record breaker.
The Scot claimed silver in the 200m breaststroke in London, only missing out on gold due to a world-record swim by Hungarian Daniel Gyurta.
Although many were tipping a successful Games … Watch→
Rebecca Adlington: Britain's most decorated Olympic swimmer ever
The swimming in the pool at London 2012 is over and the post meet inquest has begun, with all the inevitable explanations and post-rationalisation that entails. However, for British fans there is a sense … Continue Reading→
Stacey Tadd - most successful swimmer of 2003's European Youth Olympics. Photo: Simon Wilkinson/swpix.com
The start of this weekend’s swimming competition at the Olympic Games marks, for some, the culmination of a journey that started 9 years ago, ironically in the city … Continue Reading→
