This week sees the beginning of a new era for British swimming, just as the national team heads back to a venue steeped in a recent history of success. The new: the start of Steven Tigg's tenure as national head coach; the familiar: racing in Budapest's Duna arena which has seen numerous British … Continue Reading→
With the Olympics done and dusted for another four years, these are some of the key numbers that describe the British performance in Paris.
96 - the number of British swimmers to win an Olympic medal after Paris. Or is it 97? before the games started w speculated on who … Continue Reading→
Nine epic days of competition in the La Défense Arena and two more in the Seine are done and dusted as the 2024 Olympic swimming programme comes to a close.
For this podcast episode Steve and Katie are joined by triple-Olympian Hannah Miley to look back at the British showing in Paris, one that brought with it 5 medals including a successful defence of the men’s 4×200 freestyle relay, and to pick up some of the major talking points, personalities and performances of the meet.
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Events in Paris are upon us, with British swimmers contesting 32 individual events and all seven relays over the nine days of swimming competition in the La Défense arena. That lengthened programme has British interest every day from the point Keanna MacInnes takes to the pool in the 100m butterfly heats on the first morning to the time that the men’s medley relay touch the wall in the last final of the meet. Here’s a day by day preview and a full schedule of when GB’s swimmers are in action.
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The Paris 2024 Olympics are almost upon us and with them comes nine days of what promises to be an incredible swimming competition.
On this episode of the Pullbuoy Podcast Steve, Bob and Katie are joined by double Olympian Lizzie Simmonds to look over events in the La Defense arena as we consider GB’s prospects in the pool and the open water in the River Seine.
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