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The meet took place shortly after his move from Bath to Millfield <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/matt-richards-on-lessons-learned-from-a-tough-2022-the-inspiration-of-phelps-and-peaty\/\">where he began his partnership with coach Ryan Livingstone<\/a> with the pair now working together at Manchester Performance Centre. It soon bore fruit with Richards leading home Olympic champion Tom Dean for a British 1-2 in the 200 free with the pair making up half the victorious 4&#215;200 free quartet at the 2023 worlds in Fukuoka.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old will head to Glasgow for the meet that runs from 24-29 July at Tollcross International Swimming Centre before the European Championships follow hot on the heels in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>Swim Wales Performance Director <strong>Ross Nicholas<\/strong>\u00a0said: \u201cThis selection represents the culmination of years of hard work and commitment from the athletes, coaches and support staff across the Welsh performance pathway. We are excited by the quality within this squad and are looking forward to watching their performances at Tollcross.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRepresenting Wales at a Commonwealth Games is a special achievement and we know the athletes will wear the red dragon with pride.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Graeme Antwhistle<\/strong> and <strong>Graham Wardell<\/strong> feature among the coaching staff with <strong>Alys Thomas<\/strong> travelling as assistant manager and athlete mentor. 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