{"id":610523,"date":"2025-04-19T10:14:31","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T17:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=610523"},"modified":"2025-04-19T14:18:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T21:18:50","slug":"british-championships-day-5-mens-finals-jacob-mills-ben-proud-primed-for-50-free-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/british-championships-day-5-mens-finals-jacob-mills-ben-proud-primed-for-50-free-action\/","title":{"rendered":"British Championships, Day 5 Men’s Finals: Ben Proud Wins 50 Free In 21.67 As Jacob Mills Twice Breaks 22Secs"},"content":{"rendered":"

British Championships, Day 5 Men’s Finals: Ben Proud Wins 50 Free In 21.67 As Jacob Mills Twice Breaks 22Secs<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Olympic silver medallist Ben Proud<\/strong> won the 50 free in a season’s best of 21.67 as 17-year-old Jacob Mills<\/strong> broke the 22-second barrier for the second time in a day at the Aquatics GB Swimming Championships<\/strong> in London.<\/p>\n

Mills – 17 – led the way in prelims in a huge PB of 21.96 before Proud clocked 22.06 in the final heat although the Olympic silver medallist eased through the final metres.<\/p>\n

Proud has been preselected for the World Championships<\/strong> thanks to his trip to the Paris podium while Mills was inside the cut in the 100 free where he went 48.03 behind winner Matt Richards<\/strong> and all but booked himself a ticket to Singapore.<\/p>\n

Tyler Melbourne-Smith won the 800 free and Greg Butler clinched the 100\/200 breaststroke double with victory in the longer race.<\/p>\n

To qualify for worlds, a swimmer must finish first in an Olympic event and record a time that equals or betters those in the table below. Athletes that finish second in a time equal or better than that in the table will be considered for selection to a team that will have a maximum of 30 athletes.<\/p>\n

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