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British Swimming Announces World Championship Squad -- September 29, 2006
LONDON, England, September 29. BRITISH Swimming announced its international squads for the Helsinki European Championships in December and the World Championships schedule for March.
A team of 30 will contest the European Championships at the end of this year with a squad of 33 bound for the World Championships next spring.
Head Coach Ian Turner is looking forward to continuing the good form achieved this year but expects the swimmers to use the Europeans to prepare themselves for what he believes is going to be a very tough World Championships.
“It’s an exciting team that once again provides our younger swimmers with the chance to gain quality experience,” Turner said. “The European team has been selected as a forerunner to the World Championships so that both athletes and coaches have the chance to put into practice in Helsinki what will be required in Melbourne next spring. The World Championships will be an uncompromising meet. Just 16 months out from the Beijing Olympics, it’s going to provide a real test to the squad and indeed the swimming world as a whole.”
The World Championship squad could also be strengthened by distance freestyler David Davies as he attempts to qualify in December after recovering from a foot infection and subsequent surgery that kept him out of the water for months following the Commonwealth Games this year.
The squads qualified for the events at this summer’s European Championships in Budapest as well as the ASA Championships.
World Championships Team
Female
Amy Smith, Loughbro Univ
Caitlin McClatchey, Loughbro Univ
Fran Halsall, Co Liverpool
Jessica Dickons, Bo Stockton
Jo Jackson, Derwentside
Julia Beckett, Loughbro Univ
Kate Haywood, Loughbro Univ
Katherine Wyld, Nova Centurion
Kirsty Balfour, Co Edinburgh
Lizzie Simmonds, Lincoln Vulcans
Melanie Marshall, Loughbro Univ
Rebecca Adlington, Nova Centurion
Rebecca Cooke, Co Glasgow
Ros Brett, Loughbro Univ
Terri Dunning, Co Birmingham
Male
Andrew Hunter, Stirling Swim
Ben Hochin, Swansea Perf
Chris Cook, Co Newcastle
Chris Cozens, Bath Univ
Darren Mew, Bath Univ
David Carry, Co Aberdeen
Gregor Tait, Co Cardiff
James Gibson, Loughbro Univ
James Goddard, Stockport Metro
James Kirton, Co Sheffield
Kris Gilchrist, Co Edinburgh
Liam Tancock, Loughbro Univ
Matt Clay, Swansea Perf
Robbie Renwick, Co Aberdeen
Robert Lang, Co Edinburgh
Ross Davenport, Loughbro Univ
Simon Burnett, Wycombe District
Todd Cooper, Stirling Swim
The team bound for the European Championships in Helsinki in December comprises the same athletes as the World Championship squad with the exception of:
Andrew Hunter, Stirling Swim
Robbie Renwick, Co Aberdeen
Simon Burnett, Wycombe District
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