Four days down and three gold medals for Great Britain in the pool, including two for the irrepressible Adam Peaty, who rewrote the record books seemingly at will. There’s plenty to discuss on the mid-point round up of the World Championships, as Katie and Steve are joined by triple Olympian Ross Davenport to review goings on in Budapest.
Britain had a whale of a meet at the world championships of 2015 winning a record 9 medals. As we discussed on the preview podcast, all but Jazz Carlin, will be in Budapest to try and defend those medals. There are also a number of additional contenders for the podium places.
Britain’s team head off to Hungary for the world championships full of confidence and taking with them almost 20 top 8 world rankings, including four at number one. Potentially a great meet in prospect then and plenty for Steve, Bob and Katie to look forward to in this preview podcast.
When Molly Renshaw enters the water at the 17th FINA World Championships this weekend, her competitors should expect to face a different GB performer as the Mansfield swimmer believes she has a new-found mental toughness that bodes well for Budapest and beyond.
At Renshaw's level, the difference in physical strength and conditioning between the top performers … Continue Reading→
As Britain’s elite swimmers complete their final preparations for the World Championships, hoping to build on encouraging showings on the global stage over the past two seasons, they’ve been shown the way by their Transplant Sport counterparts who dominated at their own world championships in Malaga with 122 medals and 30 world records.