As he touched the wall at the end of the dogfight that was the 200m freestyle at British trials, the results on the board were clear for Robbie Renwick. He’d confirmed his place in Rio as part of the 4x200m freestyle relay and as such he would be on the plane to the Olympics for the third time.
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4 x 200 Relay: 7 into 4 doesn’t go
It was the event with possibly the most expectation, and in the end by virtue of its relay implications was the only one that raised any significant disquiet in terms of the Olympic team selection. Mindful that they were taking the world champion men’s 4 x 200 freestyle relay to Rio Britain’s selectors opted to to keep their options wide open, selecting no fewer than 7 swimmers for that squad from which to perm a team of four.
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The week at trials in Glasgow was going quite well for Duncan Scott as the last evening session got underway. He was by then national champion in the 100m freestyle in a personal best time, and potentially had booked a spot in the medley relay, but there was nothing concrete leading into the final event of the whole meet. And that last event? The 200m freestyle, possibly the most competitive men’s event of the week,
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Bolt from the Loughborough Blue
When you think about surprises at Britain’s Olympic trials, there are few that surpass the men’s’ 1500m. Many followers of British swimming would never even had heard of Tim Shuttleworth before that competition, but here he was swimming himself onto the Olympic team with a huge personal best and a maiden voyage beneath 15 minutes.
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