LEN have revealed more details about the inaugural European Under 23 championships that will take place this year, making it a definite development competition, but with some exciting potential. The changes made, though, are likely to have an impact on those Britain could select.
Fran Halsall has spoken openly of her post 2012 struggles and given an in depth breakdown of the bus dramas that almost led to her missing her 50m freestyle semi final at the Rio Olympics while speaking to Hannah Miley and Lauren Quigley on the Honest Athletes Podcast.
For the past few years, Swimswam has published their top 100 prospects for the coming season as each new year rolls around. It’s interesting to see where the US focussed site ranks GB’s swimmers on a global level and to see how that opinion has changed since the previous year’s list.
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.
As well as the world championships in Fukuoka, 2023 brings with it a new competition from LEN in the shape of an under-23 European Championships. What’s the aim and what could a GB team look like?