Tom Dean has been open about his aims for a record five medals at the Paris Olympics, a feat that would surpass Duncan Scott’s four from Tokyo. Dean, the 200m freestyle defending champion, stands a strong but while the 4x200m freestyle relay seems a near certainty for a medal, his inclusion in the medley relays is less assured, potentially depending on selectors’ decisions. How does he put together his challenge for a high 5?
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Entries for the British Championships closed this week, with no further chances remaining to book a slot at a meet that will double as Olympic team trials. With the doors metaphorically closed on the London Aquatic Centre, the entries that are in give the first view of what might transpire in the pool in April and by extension where people’s Olympic programmes may be heading.
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8 medals for GB in Tokyo – a best ever performance and hence loads to recap on this final Tokyo swimming review. Bob and Lizzie are back from Eurosport to join Steve and Katie and recap a fantastic Olympic Games.
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Halfway through the Tokyo 2020 swimming programme and Britain is flying with 3 golds and a silver already secured. Steve and Katie are joined by triple Olympian Ross Davenport, who knows a thing or two about 4 x 200 freestyle relays, to look back over a fantastic four days at the Olympics and to consider the prospects for the rest of the meet.
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We’ve run down the best GB chances in the pool, across the men’s and women’s individual events, the men’s relays and the women’s and mixed relays, but now time to turn attention to when you can see them in action in Tokyo. Here’s a full GB schedule and day by day run down.
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