For the first time in at least 20 years, we head into the second half of the year having not seen a British Record in the pool. So that set the cogs whirring; which were the oldest British Records in the books? In this special podcast we hear from the holders of those records, Becky Adlington and David Davies who recall their record breaking swims and get expert coaching input from Kevin Renshaw.
It was an eventful week in Sheffield as the places on the British Team for the World Championships were decided, and not just in the pool. Plenty for Steve, Bob and Katie to get their teeth into then, as we review the ups and downs from the 2023 British Championships.
Molly Renshaw recently announced her retirement from competitive swimming after a career, that included two appearances at the Olympic Games, and titles at European and World Short Course Championships. In this episode, Molly opens up about her decision to retire as well as reflecting on some of the highlights of her swimming career
On this edition of the podcast, Imogen Clark, our female swimmer of the year for 2022, tells us why last year was the best year of her career, and discusses the frustrations of being a 50 specialist in GB. We also discussed how the ISL kept her in the sport and her future plans as she aims to build on the success of 2022.
If you’ve listed to the pullbuoy podcast at all over the past few years you’ll know we like to debate Britain’s distance swimming prowess. In an effort to find out what’s being done to reinvigorate GB’s performance in the longer events Steve and Bob turn to British Swimming distance lead Kevin Renshaw.