2021 British Olympic Trials - (Tag)

Adam Peaty unleashed the fifth-fastest 100 breaststroke in history and Duncan Scott set a British 200IM mark of 1:55.90 on the first night of finals at the British Swimming Selection Trials at London Aquatics Centre. Aimee Willmott will compete at her third Olympics after the gutsiest of swims which...

Duncan Scott ended the British Swimming Selection Trials with another record-breaking performance of 1:44.47 in the 200 free to head to the top of the rankings and ninth all-time. The two-time Olympic relay silver medallist set the previous British record of 1:44.91 on the GB lead-off in the 4x200 r...

Adam Peaty is among 53 athletes who have been selected for the British Swimming World-Class Programme (WCP) for the 2020-2021 season. There is though no place for IMers Hannah Miley and Aimee Willmott - who boast four Olympic finals, eight European medals and the last three Commonwealth titles betwe...

Olympic 100m breaststroke champion Adam Peaty added another line in the history books as he scorched to 57.70 in the heats of the British Swimming Selection Trials. No other man has gone inside 58 seconds but the 26-year-old has now done so on 14 occasions and in a  time that was 0.82 off his person...

British Olympic Trials, Day 4 Heats: Abbie Wood Easily Tops 200 IM; Guy, Proud Ready to Fire in Finals Through three days of the British Olympic Trials, the likes of Adam Peaty, Molly Renshaw and Duncan Scott - among others - have defined a strong squad bound for this summer's Olympic Games in Tokyo...

Adam Peaty, Duncan Scott, Luke Greenbank and James Wilby have been confirmed as the first swimmers to be named to Team GB for the Tokyo Olympics. The quartet earned their place on the team following their medal-winning performances in individual events at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju with...

Ben Proud threw down the gauntlet as he went 21.42 in the 50 free at the British Swimming Selection Trials to go 0.01 behind  Vlad Morozov at the top of the rankings. It was the seventh-fastest time of his career and means he now holds the top 45 British performances. Proud, who won gold at the 2014...

Ben Proud showcased a demonstration in sprint freestyle as four more swimmers all but booked their tickets to the Tokyo Olympics in July at the British Swimming Selection Trials. The top two in each event within the consideration time will be nominated to Team GB where they will join Adam Peaty, Dun...

British Swimming has announced its selection policy for Tokyo 2020 which will include the pre-selection of individual medallists from the 2019 World Championships with the 2021 British Championships acting as the main consideration meet for the Great Britain team. Adam Peaty, James Wilby, Luke Green...

Duncan Scott set a new British record of 1:55.90 in the 200IM at the British Swimming Selection Trials at the London Aquatics Centre. Scott took 0.74 off the previous national mark of 1:56.64 set by Max Litchfield at the 2017 World Championships with a thunderous final 50 of 27.84. It was a time tha...

Duncan Scott went seventh in the 100 free rankings in 48.19 with the next three men home all doing sub-49 PBs in the third heats session of the British Swimming Selection Trials. Scott has already set a British 200IM record of 1:55.90 this week at the London Aquatic Centre and looked ominous in the ...

Kathleen Dawson was just 0.12 off the European 100 backstroke record all-suits as she went 58.24 at the British Swimming Selection Trials. The University of Stirling swimmer had gone 59.16 in the morning heats to indicate a speedy finals swim. Link to results Out in 28.25 and back in 29.87, the 20.....

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...

Molly Renshaw set a new British 200br record of 2:20.89 with Abbie Wood also going under the previous mark at the British Swimming Selection Meet. Renshaw had matched the previous record set by Jocelyn Ulyett in 2017 when she went 2:22.08 at the Manchester International Swim Meet, something she obli...

Duncan Scott matched his British 100 free record when he went 47.87 at the British Swimming Selection Trials. Scott went third in the rankings but he wasn't happy with his time, the triple world 4x200 relay champion always looking to improve. The two-time Olympic silver relay medallist set the recor...

Kathleen Dawson and Cassie Wild both went inside the 100 back consideration time for Team GB at the second heats session of the British Swimming Selection Trials. The pair will need to do a repeat in the evening finals at the London Aquatics Centre with both women looking smooth and comfortable. Mol...

Adam Peaty went 57.70 for the ninth-fastest 100 breaststroke in history and Duncan Scott headed what promises to be a corking 200IM final in 1:57 at the British Swimming Selection Trials. No other man has gone inside 58 seconds yet the eight-time world champion has now done so on 14 occasions. Scott...

The British Swimming Championships - which double as the Olympic trials for the Great Britain team for Tokyo 2021 - will be held at the London Aquatics Centre from 13-18 April 2021. The trials were due to be held from 14-19 April 2020 at the same venue in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park - which sta...

25-year-old reigning Olympic 200 IM silver medalist Siobhan O'Connor is notably missing from the entry lists for the 2021 British Olympic Trials that are set for April 14 - 18 at the London Olympic pool. O'Connor won silver in Rio in the 200 IM five years ago and also swam butterfly on Great Britain...

Olympic 100m breaststroke champion Adam Peaty unleashed a 57.39 to make it the top 20 performances in history at the British Swimming Selection Trials at the London Aquatics Centre. No other man has ever gone inside 58 seconds but it was a 15th trip through that particular barrier for the Briton who...