﻿{"id":356411,"date":"2019-03-06T10:46:11","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T17:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=356411"},"modified":"2019-04-11T11:14:19","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T18:14:19","slug":"adam-peaty-to-lead-london-team-in-international-swim-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/adam-peaty-to-lead-london-team-in-international-swim-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Peaty to Lead London Team in International Swim League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Olympic &amp; five time World Champion <strong>Adam Peaty<\/strong> OBE, 24, one of Britain\u2019s greatest ever swimmers, has today announced his official role as an Ambassador for the International Swimming League. Signing the ambassador agreement with <strong>Konstantin Grigorishin<\/strong>, the Head Advisor of the International Swimming League, Peaty was at a media conference in London this afternoon to announce the formation of a London team.<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BtP7EU0FkPQ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BtP7EU0FkPQ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\" display: flex; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BtP7EU0FkPQ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Adam Peaty OBE (@adam_peaty)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Olympic medallist <strong>Rob Woodhouse<\/strong>, the manager of more than 20 Olympic champions over the past 25 years, has been announced as the General Manager of the London team and is quickly recruiting a team that will feature some of the biggest swimmers from around the world. First to be secured and confirmed as one of the team leaders is Adam Peaty. Other names announced today, joining Adam to represent team London, are fellow Olympic &amp; world champions <strong>Kyle Chalmers<\/strong>, <strong>Cate Campbell<\/strong>, <strong>Bronte\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Campbell<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Emma McKeon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>One of 8 teams across Europe and the US, the London team will compete in \u2018matches\u2019 (ISL events) in Europe and America in October, before hosting the London event on the 23\/24 November. The London match will be an opportunity for spectators to witness some of the world\u2019s greatest swimmers in action with the following names already confirmed as attending:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Katinka Hosszu<\/strong> \u2013 29 year old Hungarian Katinka is a triple Olympic champion and 24 time world champion.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sarah Sjostrom<\/strong> \u2013 25 year old Sarah is the first Swedish woman to win an Olympic gold medal in swimming and is a 10 time world champion. Sarah is the current world record holder in four different events (50-100 freestyle, 50-100 butterfly).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Federica Pellegrini<\/strong> \u2013 30 year old Federica is a sporting icon in Italy. The Olympic 200m freestyle champion at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, she has amassed 6 world titles and holds the current world record in the 200m freestyle.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chad Le Clos<\/strong> \u2013 26 year old Chad is South Africa\u2019s most successful swimmer. His Olympic gold medal win in the 200m butterfly over legend Michael Phelps was one of the biggest upsets of the London 2012 Olympics. 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The first of its kind series of multiple worldwide events has been designed to meet the demands of sports fans, athletes, broadcasters and commercial partners, combining elite team sporting performance with live entertainment and worldwide multi-platform fan engagement.<\/p>\n<p>Adam is spearheading a campaign to name the London team, launching a competition on social media today. The winning name will be announced, with accompanying logo, within the next few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on his role, Adam said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>\u201cI\u2019m really pleased to officially take up the role of ISL Ambassador today. I\u2019m passionate about\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>swimming and excited about the new opportunities Konstantin is bringing to the sport and athletes\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>around the world. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>The format is exciting for both those of us competing in the series and the swimming\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>fans who will get to watch us \u2013 an opportunity to watch the best in the world racing with and against\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>each other in some fantastic venues. 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