We're almost at the key meet of 2023 as the competition at the World Championships in Fukuoka looms large. There's plenty for British fans to be upbeat about, and in our preview episode Steve, Katie and Bob cast their eye over the home prospects, as well as some of the … Listen→
With competition in Fukuoka beginning in a little over a week, the preliminary entries for the swimming events have been confirmed, giving us a first look at what the British team will be taking part in when things kick off.
It’s a podcast with a bit of a difference for this episode, because we are celebrating an anniversary; 10 years ago this month was the first time that Steve, Bob and Katie stepped into a virtual studio together for a world championships podcast charting Britain’s fortunes at the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona.
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.
After a pandemic induced delay, Britain’s transplant swimmers once again dominated the World Transplant Games, with a 62 medal haul in Perth, Australia, allied to 15 new world records.