Five more swimmers added their names to the Montreal team sheet on the final day of competition in Manchester, swelling the number of selected athletes to 10. The final afternoon of 11 finals didn’t produce any British records but there were some encouraging swims along the way.
Continue Reading →tancock sets new standard
Liam Tancock of Loughborough University lowered his own British record over 50m backstroke as he became the 5th swimmer to book his place on the world championships team. Meanwhile Rebecca Cooke also inked her name onto the team sheet, recording a personal best time over 800m freestyle.
Continue Reading →marshall bounces back to form
Melanie Marshall helped the women’s 4x200m relay squad to world championship qualification in taking the 200m title, but her time of 1:58.50 was just shy of the individual standard.
Continue Reading →three on the way to montreal
James Goddard equalled the British record over 100m backstroke in Manchester last night as he joined James Gibson and Kirsty Balfour on the team for the Montreal World Championships. Meanwhile Rebecca Cooke set a new British record in the 400IM.
Continue Reading →price joins the exodus
The wave of retirements that has been sweeping through the national ranks has claimed another of Britain’s Athens Contingent as Sarah Price last night announced her decision to call time on her career.
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