She’s the most decorated English female athlete at the Commonwealth Games so it’s no surprise that they hold special memories for Karen Pickering. In this Commonwealth Games memories edition of the pullbuoy podcast we journey from Auckland to Manchester, via Victoria and Kuala Lumpur, to get her recollections of those Games.
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First up in a new series of Commonwealth Games memories podcasts, it’s Andy Jameson who recalls his time at the 1982 and 1986 instalments in Brisbane and Edinburgh respectively, the latter of which brought him four medals, including gold in the 100m butterfly.
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It was an up and down week for Britain at the World Championships in Budapest with a slow start finally turning into a creditable haul of 5 medals including a world title for Ben Proud and a hat trick of bronze medals for Tom Dean. Steve and Bob are on … Listen→
For the 100th episode of the pullbuoy podcast we hand the reins over to Bob who caught up with six of the GB team heading to the world championships and their coach Dave McNulty. As well as Dave, in this bumper episode you’ll get the thoughts of Tom Dean, Freya Anderson, James Guy, Matt Richards, Brodie Williams and Jacob Peters.
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It was on then off then on again, but the World Championships of 2022 are now upon us, kicking off a busy summer of racing for Britain’s swimmers. Before they can think about the Commonwealth Games or Europeans though, there is the small matter of facing the world’s best in Budapest. Steve, Bob and Katie are on hand to look forward to an exciting competition and run the rule over Britain’s chances.
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