A 25-strong British Swimming team has been selected to compete at this summer\u2019s FINA World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, the event taking place from 12-28 July.<\/p>\n
Defending world champions Adam Peaty<\/strong>, Ben Proud<\/strong>, Duncan Scott<\/strong>, Calum Jarvis<\/strong> and James Guy<\/strong> headline the team, which boasts a great mix of youth and seasoned championship performers. Making their senior international debuts this summer will be the University of Stirling\u2019s Scott McLay and Plymouth Leander\u2019s Laura Stephens, after the pair delivered lifetime bests at the British Swimming Championships last week, which doubled up as the selection meet for Gwangju.<\/p>\n Two years ago in Budapest Adam Peaty stole the show, winning both the 100m Breaststroke<\/a> and 50m Breaststroke<\/a>, and he will look to secure a hat-trick of double golds in the Far East this summer. Ben Proud was also a double medallist in Hungary, taking gold and bronze in the 50m Butterfly<\/a> and 50m Freestyle respectively, whilst Guy, Jarvis and Scott formed part of the World Championship winning Men\u2019s 4x200m Freestyle relay<\/a> team.<\/p>\n Commenting on the selections for the 2019 edition, British Swimming National Performance Director, Chris Spice<\/strong>, said:<\/p>\n \u201cWe had another great British Championships in Glasgow where we saw some exceptional individual performances from our established group of senior swimmers. In particular Duncan Scott, Adam Peaty, James Wilby, Max Litchfield and Ross Murdoch continued to show their class. And of course, who could forget the brilliant 1500m Freestyle swim from Dan Jervis that had everybody on their feet and really set the Championships alight.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe selectors were also pleased to see that some younger athletes have grabbed the opportunity that we gave them at last year\u2019s Europeans to step up and make this team. We saw superb lifetime bests from Luke Greenbank, Tom Dean, Anna Hopkin and Jess Fullalove, that really built on those performances from last year. As we look towards Tokyo, the challenge now for the whole team is to move this on in the summer and swim a season\u2019s best under the spotlights in Gwangju.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n