A week or so ago many of Britain’s swimmers had their last competitive hit out ahead of trials at the Edinburgh International Meet. Here are three key pointers from that meet to trials in Glasgow in a few week's time.
1. Men’s breaststroke spots in Rio are still wide open, almost
After several weeks of disquiet over the organisation of the European Masters Championships to be held in London at the end of May, things are set to come to a head over the next few days as final decisions are made over the format of the competition and who will get to swim which events.
City of Manchester’s Jessica Fullalove had a standout competition at the International Swimming meet in Berlin over the weekend as she took a trio of backstroke victories and secured swimmer of the meet honours.
As part of a contingent of British swimmers competing in the south of France, Francesca Halsall posted her fastest time over 50m free since her all conquering 2014 season, amongst a string of encourages in-season swims from the GB representatvies.
