Jazz Carlin took two wins at the head of a group of British swimmers competing in the second round of the Mare Nostrum tour in Canet as preparations for Rio continued apace with two days of tough racing.
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Lowe Features on Olympic Stamps
2008 and 2012 Olympian Jemma Lowe features on a set of commemorative stamps launched by the Isle of Man post office to mark the 2016 edition of the Olympic Game in Rio de Janeiro.
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European Masters Championships – A Flawed Gem
The European Masters Swimming Championships took place last week in London, hosted at the same Olympic Aquatic Centre that only the week before had seen the elite European championships take place. But whereas those championships had sparkled like a diamond, the masters' equivalent was a deeply flawed gem.
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Podcast: European Championships Review
Britain’s Olympic team broke cover as a unit at the European Championships last week, massing a haul of 22 medals in an encouraging performance. The podcast team are on hand once again to run the rule over events at the London Aquatic Centre.
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Reasons to be Cheerful: London 2016
So some extent it was the meet that didn't matter. At least that was the message that kept coming out of the British Swimming camp before racing commenced in the London Aquatic Centre at the European Championships. It was all about training through, racing tough and practicing the process not the outcome.
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