After Steve Parry had gotten the monkey off British Swimming’s back with bronze in the 200m butterfly, the team had then gone through the rest of the meet to the final night with no further podium success. As the final night of finals loomed the unassuming David Davies was realistically Britain’s last hope

#Athens1 21h01 - Race starts & Roland leads immediately. Best start in the world. 100fly WR holder Ian Crocker has terrible swim for the US

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