Just over two years ago, following some disappointing swims in the 100m freestyle at the 2000 Olympic trials, pullbuoy led with an article lamenting the lack of real quality in British men's sprint freestyle. The intervening years have seen progress on a limited scale, but we still seem … Continue Reading→
Following her failure to make the 200m IM final at the Olympics Sue Rolph launched a blistering attack on the facilities available for Britain's elite swimmers. She seemed to imply that had she had the same facilities as, for example, Ian Thorpe for the last four years, that her performance would have been much … Continue Reading→
Following the failure of all of our 100m freestylers to make the qualification time for Sydney at the recent Olympic trials, a quick look at the state of sprint freestyle in this country with relation to the world stage makes for pretty uncomfortable reading. Amongst themselves, our top 100m freestyle swimmers are evenly matched and … Continue Reading→