Following the FINA Olympic open water qualifying event which took place in Setubal, Portugal over the weekend, there has been much speculation surrounding the British participant in the men's 10km event for London. This has been mainly centred around the battle between Daniel Fogg and David Davies, who were the two British representatives in the … Continue Reading→
A few months ago GBSwimstars had a photo shoot with GB Olympians Ellie Faulkner, Hannah Miley and Aimee Willmott - you can take a glimpse behind the scenes of that shoot in the video to the right. Read more about the shoot and Hannah's Olympic qualification here and … Watch→
Swimming may claim to be Britain’s biggest participation sport, but it won’t stay that way for long if the results of a new survey from the ASA are to be believed. The report, jointly released with Kellogg’s, shows that a third of children cannot swim the required 25 metres by the time they leave … Watch→
Next weeks’ European championships see a small band of five British swimmers heading to Debrecen to test out their Olympic preparations in the heat of continental competition. Amongst those making the trip will be Michael Jamieson, who will make a blink-and-you'll-miss-it visit to Hungary’s second city as he looks to sharpen his racing skills, and … Continue Reading→
Shortly after Britain’s Olympic trials came to a close, Steve Parry was quoted as rating Britain’s women as third best in the world, just behind the US and Australia. That seemed a reasonable claim, but there was a nagging doubt that perhaps GB was closer to overtaking Australia than it seemed. So we thought we’d test it out.
