A matter of days after the majority of British Swimmers will have booked their places in the Olympics, the Court of Arbitration for Sport will convene in London to decide on the legality of the British Olympic Association's bye law on eligibility for those guilty of drugs offences. The rule under scrutiny prevents an athlete … 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→
The unprecedented demand for tickets for next year’s Olympic trials, which saw almost all tickets sold to pre-registered buyers last week, all but guaranteed full houses in March next year as Britain’s Olympic team begins to take shape. But despite this level of interest, the trials still seem on some levels to be a missed opportunity to develop swimming even further in the public consciousness.
With more than a passing resemblance to the second stage Olympic ticket sale, the ticket sales website for Britain's Olympic trials crashed earlier today as it failed to cope with the level of demand for seats in the Stratford aquatic centre next March. Visitors were left unable to pay for tickets as the site became … Continue Reading→
Given the huge interest generated and the finite number of tickets available, obtaining a seat to watch the swimming at the London 2012 Olympics was always likely to be a challenge. Probably though, few people were expecting quite how difficult it seems to have been, not least the prospective competitors.
