There was no doubt over who was the star of the show at the British Universities’ championship in Sheffield over the weekend as Plymouth’s Ben Proud, swimming here for the University of St Mark and St John, set a new British Record over 50m freestyle, with a time of 21.73.
With most of their GB international teammates having recorded their first long course swims of 2016, a team from Stirling University took to the pool in Amiens to fire their opening salvo of the year in the 50m pool.
For open water swimmers, the Dart 10k is the UK's ultimate swimming adventure. It's a 10km downstream swim in the River Dart, one of the most beautiful stretches of river in the country, taking place on the weekend of 3rd and 4th September. This is more of an experience than a race, and … Continue Reading→
With their international teammates making racing debuts in 2016 last weekend, Ben Proud and Hannah Miley broke cover at the 18th Euro Meet in Luxembourg this weekend as they began their pursuit of a plane ticket to Rio in earnest.
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The starting gun on the race to Rio was well and truly fired last week for Britain's swimmers as their first weekend of racing in 2016 kicked off around the world. As he explained in the pullbuoy podcast, Bill Furniss has mandated that his swimmers need to race at particular times, which saw teams in … Continue Reading→
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