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Katie Shanahan & Matthew Ward Claim More Silverware As Scottish Nationals Wrap Up The Scottish National & Open Short Course Swimming Championships came to an end in Edinburgh with more trips to the podium for Katie Shanahan and Matthew Ward. Shanahan, who finished fifth in the 200 back on her Olympi...

Olympic Silver Medallist Ben Proud Pulls Out Of World Short-Course Championships Olympic silver medallist Ben Proud has withdrawn from the World Short-Course Championships that begin in Budapest on Tuesday 10 December. The 30-year-old is instead continuing to build back into post-Olympic training fo...

Adam Peaty Talks Paris 2024, Connecting With Michael Phelps And Being Inspired By McEvoy In the months after missing out on his third straight Olympic 100m breaststroke title by 0.02 in Paris, Adam Peaty has connected with Michael Phelps and drawn inspiration from Cam McEvoy. The world record-holder...

Luke Greenbank Leads Home Brother Sam For 1-2 In Sheffield Luke Greenbank led home brother Sam for a backstroke 1-2 for the second time at the Swim England National Winter Championships (25m) in Sheffield. Greenbank the elder, who has won Olympic bronze and world silver in the 200 back, was 0.43 beh...

Kathleen Dawson Leads Stirling Clean Sweep Of 100 Back In Edinburgh Kathleen Dawson led a Stirling clean sweep in the 100 back and Katie Shanahan made two trips to the podium on day two of the Scottish National & Open Short Course Swimming Championships in Edinburgh. Dawson, the European long-course...

Olympic Finalist Katie Shanahan On Top Of The Podium At Scottish Nationals In Edinburgh Katie Shanahan was among the winners as the Scottish National & Open Short Course Swimming Championships got underway at the Royal Commonwealth Pool in Edinburgh. Shanahan enjoyed a tussle with Holly McGill in th...

Okaro Twins Share The Podium On A Record-Breaking Night In Sheffield Twins Eva and Izabella Okaro shared the podium on a record-breaking day two of the Swim England National Winter Championships (25m) in Sheffield. Eva added the 50 free title to the 100 she won on day one, claiming a clear win in 24...

Duncan Scott Named Scottish Sportsperson Of The Year After Becoming Scotland's Most Decorated Olympian Duncan Scott was named Sportsperson of the Year at the Scottish Sports Awards after becoming Scotland's most decorated Olympian following gold and silver at Paris 2024. The 27-year-old swam the anc...

Freya Colbert Shines At Swim England National Winter Championships Freya Colbert paid two visits to the podium while Luke Greenbank, Eva Okaro and Amelie Blocksidge were also among the winners on day one of the Swim England National Winter Championships (25m) in Sheffield. Okaro and Colbert went hea...

Three-Time Olympian & World And European Medallist Jessica Vall Announces Retirement Jessica Vall has retired after a long, distinguished career in which she won world and European medals over 200m breaststroke and competed at three Olympics. The 36-year-old made the announcement at the Social Hall ...

Mel Marshall & Alice Dearing Inducted Into Swim England Hall Of Fame Mel Marshall and Alice Dearing are among a quartet to have been inducted into the Swim England Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Birmingham, England. Also honoured were former coach and chair of the British Swimming Coaches Association...

Nyls Korstanje Matches Dutch 50 Fly Record As He Secures Golden Double In Rotterdam Nyls Korstsanje matched his Dutch 50 fly record before sprinting to the 50 free title as the Rotterdam Qualification Meet wrapped up. Korstanje went 22.88 to equal the Netherlands mark he set in the semis at the 2022...

Matt Richards & Adam Peaty Join Forces At AP Race, Nine Years After First Meeting At Swim Clinic Less than a decade after 12-year-old Matt Richards met Adam Peaty at a coaching clinic at Repton School, the pair have joined forces with the Welshman investing a significant sum into AP Race. Richards j...

Lana Pudar Serving as an Inspiration for a Country with a Limited History in the Pool In 2021, a 15-year-old Lana Pudar made her senior international debut. Competing at the Tokyo Olympics, she finished 19th in the 100-meter butterfly. Her time of 58.32 was just .24 shy of earning a semifinals berth...

Leon Marchand Withdraws From World Short-Course Championships: "Exhausted" & Needs To "Step Back Quadruple Olympic champion Leon Marchand has withdrawn from the World Short-Course Championships in Budapest, saying he's "exhausted" after an "intense" year. The Frenchman won the IM double, 200 fly and...

Cameron Brooker Leads British 100 Back Clean Sweep In Rotterdam Cameron Brooker led a British clean sweep of the 100 backstroke podium at the Rotterdam Qualification Meet. Brooker stopped the clock at 55.02 followed by Jack Skerry (55.17) and Sam Greenbank (55.36). Sara Costa De Vicente won the wome...

Josh Gammon Earns Second Butterfly Win on Day Two in Rotterdam British butterflyer Josh Gammon added to his previous win in the 200 butterfly with a win over 100 meters on the second day of racing at the Rotterdam Qualification Meet. Gammon was one of six British winners Friday evening. In a British...

Freya Anderson & Josh Gammon Top The Podium In Rotterdam Freya Anderson, Josh Gammon and Leah Crisp were among the winners on the first day of the Rotterdam Qualification Meet. Anderson led throughout to win the 200 free despite the close attention of Belgium's Sarah Dumont who came back at the Brit...

Ruta Meilutyte Heads To Budapest 12 Years After First World Short-Course Gold Ruta Meilutyte heads to Budapest for the short-course worlds as part of a 12-strong Lithuania team to conclude a year in which she has experienced world title joy, Olympic disappointment and injury. Meilutyte won the 50m b...

Daniel Wiffen Talks Surfing In Bali, The Gladiator 2 Film Premiere & Going 14:29 In 2025 Since Daniel Wiffen became Olympic champion in Paris, he’s honed his surfing skills in Bali, walked the red carpet at the Gladiator 2 film premiere and been honoured with armfuls of awards. In July, Wiffen won t...