The London Aquatic Centre reopened a fortnight ago to great fanfare, as the self-proclaimed “greatest municipal pool in the world” opened its doors. And the reaction has been overwhelmingly positive, as Joe Public took to the same lanes that two years ago saw the end of the illustrious career of Michael Phelps and a host … Continue Reading→
Scotland's Dan Wallace heads a group of GB qualifiers for the men's division 1 NCAA championship which will take place in Texas in the last week in March. The Warrender swimmer, swimming for Florida, is fresh from a strong showing at the South East Conference championship meet and made the cut in three events.
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The psych sheets were released for the 2014 NCAA women's championship and confirmed that 4 British Women had made the cut to swim individual events at the championships which begin on the 20th March in Minneapolis.
Highest profile amongst the quartet is Derwentside's Jessica Thielmann who will swim the 400y and 1650y freestyle for Florida University. … Continue Reading→
As he stood on the block in the cauldron of noise that was Ponds Forge, the 100th and final swimmer of the Swim4Leukaemia relay, one gesture from Lewis Coleman changed the mood almost instantly. Until that point there had been almost a carnival atmosphere inside the pool hall as the hundreds of spectators cheered the team of swimmers towards a Guinness World Record for the 100 x 100m freestyle relay.
It was an amazing day at Ponds Forge in Sheffield as 100 of the country’s finest swimmers took to the water in an attempt to set a world Record for the 100 x 100m freestyle relay in order to raise money for Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research. The podcast was there to tell the story as it happened.
