﻿{"id":605345,"date":"2025-02-24T22:00:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T05:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=605345"},"modified":"2025-02-25T03:54:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T10:54:47","slug":"angharad-evans-talks-paris-olympics-world-silverware-hitting-her-stride-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/angharad-evans-talks-paris-olympics-world-silverware-hitting-her-stride-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Angharad Evans Talks Paris Olympics, World Silverware &#038; Hitting Her Stride In 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Angharad Evans Talks Paris Olympics, World Silverware &amp; Hitting Her Stride In 2025<\/h4>\n<p><strong><em>In the first of two articles, Angharad Evans talks to Swimming World about Paris 2024, World Championship silver and her fine form in 2025<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Angharad Evans<\/strong> has hit the ground running as she continues the form that guided her to an Olympic final, World Championship silverware and British records last year.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Stirling swimmer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/daniel-wiffen-angharad-evans-ollie-morgan-complete-trebles-as-bucs-championships-wrap-up\/\/\">won the breaststroke treble<\/a> at the recent BUCS Championships, getting her campaign underway with a 30.98 win in the 50.<\/p>\n<p>She followed that up with 1:06.02 in the 100, the fifth-fastest performance in the all-time national rankings topped by her 1:05.54 British record and a time only she has bettered among domestic swimmers.<\/p>\n<p>Evans brought her individual programme to a close with a 2:22.64 victory over 200m as she sliced almost three seconds off her PB to elevate herself to fifth-fastest British performer.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_583769\" style=\"width: 282px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-583769\" data-attachment-id=\"583769\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/british-trials-day-6-finals-angharad-evans-edges-kara-hanlon-for-100m-breaststroke-title\/angharad-evans-2-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Angharad-Evans-2-1-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1706\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS R3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1712146427&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;3200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Angharad Evans 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Angharad Evans: Photo Courtesy: Aquatics GB&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Angharad-Evans-2-1-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Angharad-Evans-2-1-1024x683.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-583769\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Angharad-Evans-2-1-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"272\" height=\"194\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-583769\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Angharad Evans: Photo Courtesy: Aquatics GB<\/p><\/div>\n<p>She returned to the pool for the final time in the women\u2019s medley relay where she posted the fastest breaststroke split in British history of 1:05.14 as Stirling won the title.<\/p>\n<p>While her 200 exceeded any expectations \u2013 \u201ca three-second PB was not on my radar\u201d &#8211; Evans had mixed feelings about her performance in the 100m.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old struggles with nerves before the two-length race, getting butterflies and over-thinking \u201csmall things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s worked on managing them and using them to her advantage and in Sheffield Evans also turned to <strong>Ben Higson<\/strong>, who was appointed Stirling head coach after <strong>Steve Tigg<\/strong> took up the role of Aquatics GB head coach.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cOne thing about me is that I get so nervous for that because it\u2019s my main event and the 200 I can just let loose a little and play with my tactics going into the race,\u201d she told Swimming World.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t fully happy with the 100 in the final, I just feel like there was more work to be done, more things I could\u2019ve changed so that set me up for the 200 and I knew exactly what I wanted to do and I just wanted to put in the best race I can in February leading into trials.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>With achievement comes increased self-expectation with the World Championships in Singapore a little over five months away should the British trials in April be safely navigated.<\/p>\n<p>There have been three World Championships in as many years \u2013 including one in the February of Olympic year \u2013 with high 1:05s\/low 1:06s enough to secure a 100 medal and times ranging from 2:21.63 to 2:23.20 sufficient for bronze in the longer race.<\/p>\n<p>Evans is already well within that realm and has her sights set on another big drop in the 200.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cEven now that I\u2019ve just swum a 2:22 I\u2019m thinking how do I go sub-2:20? And that\u2019s just the mindset that you have to have, you have to adapt and keep pushing forward as your performance gets better.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to be stuck on 1:06s for 100 breaststroke \u2013 how can I get to 1:05s low? How can I get to 1:04s from a relay takeover?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd it\u2019s just focusing on all the small details like your angle when you dive in, your head when you turn, it\u2019s getting to that point where you have to focus on all the small things that in the bigger picture is where the three-second time drops come from.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Paris 2024 &amp; &#8216;Staying Proud But Never Satisfied&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>Evans claimed her first British crown <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/british-trials-day-6-finals-angharad-evans-edges-kara-hanlon-for-100m-breaststroke-title\/\">at the national championships<\/a> in April 2024 and although her winning time was outside the cut, she was selected as a discretionary pick for Paris.<\/p>\n<p>She swam her way into the British record books the following months <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/angharad-evans-sets-british-100m-breaststroke-record-of-105-54\/\">when she rocketed to 1:05.54<\/a> in the 100m breaststroke at the <strong>AP Race International<\/strong> in London.<\/p>\n<p>With that, she sliced 0.67 from the previous standard of 1:06.21 that had stood to <strong>Molly Renshaw<\/strong> since the European Championships in 2021 as she lowered her PB by 0.71secs.<\/p>\n<p>She followed that up with another journey inside 1:06 at the <strong>Sette Colli<\/strong> in Rome for second in 1:05.91 as<strong> Benedetta Pilato <\/strong>set an Italian record of 1:05.44.<\/p>\n<p>Evans arrived in Paris little more than a month later as she prepared to make her senior international debut in the cauldron of La D\u00e9fense Arena.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_597018\" style=\"width: 278px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-597018\" data-attachment-id=\"597018\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/steven-tigg-announced-as-aquatics-gb-swimming-head-coach-after-guiding-duncan-scott-to-the-olympic-pinnacle\/image003-3-5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image003-3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"546,336\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image003 (3)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Steven Tigg: Photo Courtesy: Ian MacNicol, Scottish Swimming&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image003-3.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image003-3.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-597018\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image003-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image003-3.jpg 546w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image003-3-280x172.jpg 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image003-3-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image003-3-450x277.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image003-3-533x328.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-597018\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steven Tigg: Photo Courtesy: Ian MacNicol, Scottish Swimming<\/p><\/div>\n<p>While there was excitement at sharing a call room with the likes of <strong>Lilly King<\/strong> and <strong>Ruta Meilutyte &#8211; <\/strong>the 2016 and 2012 Olympic 100br champions &#8211;\u00a0Evans credits Stirling coaches <strong>Brad Hay<\/strong> and <strong>Steve Tigg<\/strong> with helping her block out the noise.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cBrad would check in but I also built a relationship with Steve that part of the season as well because I went to Sette Colli with him,\u201d she said. \u201cThat\u2019s when I\u2019d open up with the coaches and say I\u2019m quite anxious for this race and then we\u2019d talk through the season that I\u2019d had &#8211; you\u2019ve made it this far, it\u2019s not a coincidence that you\u2019re here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI trusted the training that I did \u2013 it was a very hard block of training \u2013 and I think that\u2019s what mentally helped me. I knew I\u2019d put everything into the training, everything out of the pool &#8211; nutrition, sleep, I did everything I could to set myself up for this debut swim internationally that I could.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Evans progressed 12<sup>th<\/sup> through the prelims before 1:05.99 in the semis placed her sixth into the final as the likes of Meilutyte and world silver medallist <strong>Tes Schouten<\/strong> missed out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tang Qianting<\/strong> was well clear at halfway in 29.94 followed by <strong>Mona McSharry<\/strong> (30.56) with Evans third in 30.61 as 0.13 separated second to fifth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tatjana Smith<\/strong> came through on the second 50 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/paris-olympics-day-3-tatjana-smith-rallies-to-win-100-breast-gold\/\">to upgrade Tokyo silver to Paris gold<\/a> with the South African followed home by Tang (1:05.54) and McSharry who claimed bronze in 1:05.59.<\/p>\n<p>Evans was sixth in 1:05.85, a fine outcome on her Games debut but one that was tinged with some disappointment in the months following Paris given she was just 0.26 off a medal.<\/p>\n<p>While recognising what she accomplished in the French capital, Evans has used it as motivation.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI definitely look at it as an achievement but I think every swimmer has such a critical mindset and you\u2019re always going to be like \u2013 what if I did this differently? What if I did that?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut that same mindset is what\u2019s keeping me hungry now, I want more, I want international medals, I want to not come sixth in the final.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI appreciate it and one quote that I stand by is \u2018Stay proud but never satisfied\u2019 and that is how I look at that swim at the Olympics.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Silverware &amp; Records In Budapest<\/h3>\n<p>Evans travelled to Budapest for the short-course worlds in December where she soon tore into the British record books once again.<\/p>\n<p>First up at the Duna Arena was the 100m breaststroke where she headed the prelims in 1:03.45 to cut almost a second from Renshaw\u2019s national mark of 1:04.37 from December 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Evans went on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/budapest-2024-day-3-finals-tang-qianting-wins-100-breast-as-wr-survives-again\/\">to finish seventh in the final<\/a> (1:04.08) as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/flash-kate-douglass-downs-her-200m-breaststroke-wr-en-route-to-title-defence\/\">eighth over 200<\/a> (2:18.77) and 12<sup>th<\/sup> in the 50 (29.95).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_605359\" style=\"width: 294px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-605359\" data-attachment-id=\"605359\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/angharad-evans-talks-paris-olympics-world-silverware-hitting-her-stride-in-2025\/women-medley-relay-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Women-medley-relay.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;7.1&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;David Balogh&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS R3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1734291774&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;2024 Getty Images&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;3200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;l-r: Abbie Wood, Angharad Evans, Eva Okaro &#038; Freya Anderson: Photo Courtesy: Aquatics GB&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Women-medley-relay-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Women-medley-relay-1024x576.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-605359\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Women-medley-relay-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"203\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-605359\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">l-r: Abbie Wood, Angharad Evans, Eva Okaro &amp; Freya Anderson: Photo Courtesy: Aquatics GB<\/p><\/div>\n<p>She joined forces with <strong>Abbie Wood<\/strong>, <strong>Eva Okaro<\/strong> and <strong>Freya Anderson<\/strong> for the women\u2019s medley relay as the quartet went 3:50.20 for a national record and fourth place in prelims.<\/p>\n<p>Come the final and the quartet were led off by double IM bronze medallist Wood in 57.44 with Evans splitting 1:03.18 to hand over in third to Eva Okaro, who\u2019d set a world junior 50 free record of 23.66 less than 90 minutes earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Okaro split 56.11 before<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/flash-regan-smith-breaks-100-back-wr-leads-american-women-to-clobbering-medley-relay-wr\/\"> a thundering 51.11 anchor leg by Anderson<\/a> propelled the Great Britain team past China and into silver medal position in 3:47.84 for another national record as the USA set a WR of 3:40.41 for gold.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt was such a special moment,\u201d said Evans. \u201cUs four girls have very different backgrounds. We have Eva \u2013 the world junior record holder from earlier that night \u2013 we have Abbie, a double Olympian.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was just such a mixture of talent and we weren\u2019t going into it with any expectations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbbie isn\u2019t a backstroker, Eva doesn\u2019t usually swim the 100 fly so we were like let\u2019s just have fun with it and see where it gets us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe performed the best that we possibly could: no-one was going to beat America and that was facts on paper. 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