Liz Byrnes - Europe Correspondent - (Author)

The Black Swimming Association (BSA) marked its first anniversary with news of plans to undertake a pioneering research project aimed to tackle inequalities and barriers that preclude African, Caribbean and Asian communities from participating in aquatics. The announcement was made on Tuesday 2 Marc...

The 2021 British Swimming Championships will go ahead in April as the British Swimming Selection Trials with reduced numbers and a focus on senior selection to international competition including the Tokyo Olympic Games and the European Championships. The announcement followed the roadmap unveiled b...

World 1500 free silver medallist Sarah Köhler and Germany water polo player Tobias Preuss have condemned "any form of violence and abuse of power" and called for a full investigation a week after former national open water coach Stefan Lurz resigned following allegations of sexual assault. The pair ...

Femke Heemskerk and Valerie van Roon will go head to head at the Eindhoven Qualification Meet in April to resolve who will claim the second 50m freestyle berth for the Tokyo Olympics. The issue arose when Heemskerk was forced to miss the Rotterdam Qualification Meet in December after her partner tes...

The British Para-Swimming International Meet (BPSIM) - a key selection meet for the Tokyo Paralympic Games - will go ahead in Sheffield from 8-11 April but with entries restricted to swimmers on the Elite Athlete Return to Training lists. This follows the government unveiling of its roadmap out of ...

Sean Balmer - former coach to world relay champion Luke Greenbank at Cockermouth Swimming Club - knows only too well the fragile state of swimming in Britain. England has been in a national lockdown since early January although prime minister Boris Johnson announced on Monday outdoor pools and lidos...

Swim England chief executive Jane Nickerson had mixed emotions after prime minister Boris Johnson announced a 'cautious' re-opening of pools among a four-step plan to guide the country out of lockdown. England has been in a national lockdown since early January but the news on Monday means that outd...

Stefan Lurz has resigned as Germany open water coach following allegations of "sexual assault, psychological manipulation and bullying" reported in news outlet Der Spiegel. Der Spiegel reports that "he (Lurz) is said to have coerced and harassed female athletes for years", allegations which Lurz veh...

Swim Ireland will hold their trials for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games from 20-24 April at the National Aquatic Centre in Dublin. The five-day meet will replace the 2021 Irish Open Swimming Championships and will also offer an opportunity to qualify for the European Championships in Budapest...

Seiko Hashimoto has been appointed as head of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee, replacing Yoshiro Mori who resigned last week amid an uproar over sexist remarks. Hashimoto - who represented Japan at three Summer Games and four Winter Olympics - had been serving as the Olympic minister in the cabi...

Marie Wattel fired off a rapid 53.40 in the 100 free and Abbie Wood concluded an excellent three days by going inside 2:10 for the first time in the 200IM at the Manchester International Swim Meet. James Guy claimed his third title of the meet in the 200fr and there was a class swim by Louise Hansso...

Adam Peaty went 26.75 in the 50br for victory by more than a second and Abbie Wood demonstrated how her star continues to rise with a win in the 200 free  in 1:57.96 on the second day of the Manchester International Swim Meet. James Guy led from start to finish for a dominant victory in the 200 fly ...

Molly Renshaw equalled the British 200br record in a time of 2:22.08 that would have secured bronze at Rio 2016 and Adam Peaty went 58.82 in the 100 breaststroke on the first night of finals at the Manchester International Swim Meet. World 200 back bronze medallist Luke Greenbank, Laura Stephens, Ma...

Olympic champion Adam Peaty went 58.87 in the 100m breaststroke heats as elite competition returned to British waters at the Manchester International Swim Meet. The eight-time world champion split 27.35/31.52 to qualify for the evening final ahead of James Wilby who stopped the clock at 1:00.99. It ...

Tokyo 2020 chief Yoshiro Mori resigned on Friday following the furore over his remarks about women and Saburo Kawabuchi turned down the request to replace him with the Games scheduled to open in less than six months. It leaves the organising committee searching for new leadership with Olympics minis...

Olympic champion Adam Peaty spearheads the first day of the Manchester International Swim Meet when elite competition gets under way in British waters for the first time in nearly a year on Friday. Peaty will compete in a long-course 100m breaststroke for the first time since the Edinburgh Internati...

The European Championships will go ahead in Budapest, Hungary, in May but without spectators, LEN announced on Wednesday. The event will run from 10-23 May in the Hungarian capital with some nations using it as a qualifying meet for Tokyo 2020. The Duna Arena - which hosted the 2017 World Championsh...

Tokyo 2020 chief Yoshiro Mori will step down following his remarks about women with Saburo Kawabuchi, a former head of the Japan Football Association, poised to take his place, according to reports. Mori has been subject to intense criticism since saying in a meeting of the Japanese Olympic Committe...

Birmingham 2022 CEO Ian Reid is confident the Commonwealth Games will go ahead in front of capacity crowds in Birmingham, England. The Games are scheduled to run from 28 July - 8 August next year in the midlands city but questions are already being asked as to whether spectators will be able to atte...

The International Olympic Committee said on Tuesday that comments about women made by Tokyo 2020 chief Yoshiro Mori were “absolutely inappropriate”. Mori has been subject to intense criticism since saying last week in a meeting of the Japanese Olympic Committee that meetings with female participants...