The outside smoker, a speedy swimmer in lane one or eight who takes a field by surprise to win the gold, is hardly a new phenomenon but it has been one that has appeared with unusual regularity in Montreal in these World Championships. So is there something peculiar about the pool, are swimmers getting more practiced at dealing with the qualification process or are there more rational explanations?
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bronze for superb mcclatchey
Caitlin McClatchey got Britain off to a great start in Montreal as she took a thrilling bronze medal in the women’s 400m freestyle. The Loughborough university swimmer qualified in 5th position for the final, but produced a well paced swim to improve her placing to the medal positions.
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The team that bill built
It's almost like the start of a new era. Although the team selected for the Montreal World Championships does not yet represent a clean break with the past, following the huge wave of retirements … Continue Reading→
Montreal team profiles
Profiles of the British team heading to Montreal for the World Championships can be found here
2005 British world championship entrants
british world championship entrants
The following is the official list of British entrants in the 2005 World Championships. Several swimmers have been given additional swims from those that they qualified in at the trials and stage 3 meets.
Men
- Men’s 200m Freestyle David Carry - 1:48.37
- Men’s 400m Freestyle David Carry - 3:48.96
- Men’s 400m Freestyle David Davies - … Continue Reading→