August 2008
26th Aug - BRITISH DISABILITY SWIMMING AT CUTTING EDGE OF
SPORT TECHNOLOGY
British Disability Swimming has been actively involved within
the development of a new water-proof heart rate telemetry
system which looks set to revolutionise the world of swimming
coaching.
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26th Aug - BRITAIN'S PARALYMPIANS BEGIN FINAL PREPARATIONS
FOR BEIJING GAMES
Britain's Paralympic swimming squad have now started the
final build-up to the Paralympic Games at the ParalympicsGB
holding camp in Macau.
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24th Aug - BEIJING PROVES TO BE STEP FORWARD FOR BRITISH
SWIMMING
The Beijing Olympics has seen British Swimming emerge as
a major swimming nation after seeing six medals won by swimmers
on their way to sixth in the swimming medal table.
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23rd Aug - DALEY SHOWS PROMISE IN WORLD CLASS FIELD
Thomas Daley showed his potential in his first individual
Olympic final after finishing in 7th place in the men's 10m
individual platform event.
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23rd Aug - DALEY THROUGH WHILE WATERFIELD STRUGGLES
This morning's semi-final of the men's 10m Individual Platform
event saw young British Champion Thomas Daley secure his place
in the final while Peter Waterfield struggled with injury
and just missed the final.
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22nd Aug - OLYMPIC MEDALLISTS ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO 'GO SWIM!'
GB's Olympic medallists have joined with the asa to launch
a new 'Go Swim!' website section to encourage people to take
the plunge and visit their local pool or club.
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22nd Aug - WATERFIELD AND DALEY PROGRESS TO SEMI-FINAL
Peter Waterfield and Tom Daley pulled out top 12 finishes
to qualify for the men's 10m Individual Platform semi-final.
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21st Aug - DIVERS SHOW POTENTIAL IN FINAL
The first two British divers to qualify for an Olympic final,
Tonia Couch and Stacie Powell, have showed their promise in
the women's 10m individual platform event.
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21st Aug - DIVERS QUALIFY FOR OLYMPIC FINAL
Both Tonia Couch and Stacie Powell have qualified for the
Olympic final of the women's 10m Individual in their first
Olympic Games.
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21st Aug - SILVER FOR DAVIES IN OPEN WATER
Britain's David Davies just missed out on Olympic gold in
the Men's 10km open water swim after a brave performance at
the Shunyi Rowing-Canoe Park.
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20th Aug - OPEN WATER MEDALS
Team GB swimming success continued into the open water event
where Keri-Anne Payne and Cassie Patten picked up silver and
bronze medals after an exciting finish.
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19th Aug - NETWORK OF INTENSIVE TRAINING CENTRES IS UNVEILED
British Swimming has revealed the successful candidates set
to become part of a new nationwide network of Intensive Training
Centres (ITC) designed to provide a world-class daily training
environment for swimmer development and to build on the success
in Beijing as the sport looks towards London in 2012.
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18th Aug - SWAIN STRUGGLES AFTER PROMISING START
Britain's Ben Swain started the preliminary of the men's
3m Springboard Individual well with impressive scores on his
first round dive but found it hard to keep up with the quality
field.
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18th Aug - SYNCHRO SWIMMERS IMPRESS IN FIRST ROUND
The British Synchronised Swimming Duet, Jenna Randall and
Olivia Allison, have showcased their abilities in the technical
routine at the Beijing Olympic Games.
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17th Aug - FANTASTIC IMPROVEMENT FOR TEAM GB SWIMMERS
The final swimming session in the Water Cube took place this
morning, and the swimmers did not disappoint. It was full
of excitement, record breaking and history making.
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16th Aug - SUPER SATURDAY SWIMMING SUCCESS
Team GB's Rebecca Adlington picked up her second individual
gold medal of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games is true style.
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15th Aug - EUROPEAN RECORD FOR TEAM GB WOMEN'S RELAY TEAM
The final session of swimming heats saw Fran Halsall, David
Davies and the Men's and Women's 4x100m Medley relay teams
qualify for their respective finals.
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14th Aug - GIRL POWER
In the heats on day six of the swimming at the Olympic Games,
two GB girls had record breaking swims. Rebecca Adlington
showed her strength by setting a new Olympic record in her
preferred event, the 800m freestyle and Lizzie Simmonds broke
the British record in the 200m backstroke.
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14th Aug - THE ASA PLEDGES LONDON 2012 LEGACY
The asa has reiterated its pledge to work tirelessly with
all partners, including the Mayor of London, to make sure
the Aquatics Centre for London 2012 will have a lasting legacy
after Boris Johnson expressed concerns about the long-term
influence of the Olympic Games.
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14th Aug - STRENGTH OF TEAM SPIRIT SHOWN BY BRITISH TEAM
Great Britain swimmers Fran Halsall, Gregor Tait, Liam Tancock
and James Goddard all qualified for tomorrow's finals in their
individual events.
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13th Aug - STRENGTH OF TEAM SPIRIT SHOWN BY BRITISH TEAM
After disappointment, with the Great Britain Women's 4x200m
freestyle relay team narrowly missing out on a place in the
final, the strength of team spirit within the GB camp was
evident
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13th Aug - DIVERS SHOW POTENTIAL IN OLYMPIC FINAL
Nicholas Robinson-Baker and Ben Swain showed their potential
in a world class field in this evening's 3m Synchronised Springboard
final and the event proved to be the closest diving final
so far of the Olympic Games.
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13th Aug - BRITISH AND WORLD SWIMMING HAS MOVED ON
At just over the half way point of the swimming competition
in Beijing, seventeen British records and sixteen World records,
six today, have been broken.
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12th Aug - BRITISH RECORD FOR MEN'S 4x200m FREESTYLE RELAY
TEAM
British swimmers again impress at the Water Cube in Beijing.
The Men's 4x200m freestyle relay team set a new British record
to qualify for the final. Jemma Lowe, Ellen Gandy and Kris
Gilchrist qualified for their respective semi-finals.
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12th Aug - GB DIVERS SHOW PROMISE IN OLYMPIC FINAL
Stacie Powell and Tonia Couch took to the boards in the women's
10m Synchronised Platform final looking to make a positive
start to their Olympic campaign and after showing their potential
early on the girls finished in a disappointing eighth place
overall.
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12th Aug - TWO BRITISH RECORDS FALL AT THE WATER CUBE
Team GB swimmers, Gemma Spofforth and Liam Tancock broke
the British records in the Women’s and Men’s 100m
backstroke.
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11th Aug - DALEY AND ALDRIDGE FALTER IN FIRST OLYMPIC FINAL
British divers Tom Daley and Blake Aldridge began their Olympic
experience in the 10m Syncronised Platform event and found
they just couldn't keep up with the world class standard in
this evening's final.
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11th Aug - GOLDEN DAY IN BEIJING FOR ADLINGTON
It was expected to be a great race and it was. Rebecca Adlington
has been crowned as Olympic Champion in the women's 400m freestyle,
becoming the first British gold medallist since Anita Lonsborough,
forty eight years ago, and the first ever Gold medallist for
Britain in the Women's 400m freestyle.
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10th Aug - GREAT BRITISH SWIMS IN THE WATER CUBE
Following on from a record breaking morning at the Water
Cube in Beijing, in this evening's competition the strength
of British Swimming was exhibited with nine out of ten individual
swimmers
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10th Aug - BRITISH PAIR STRUGGLE AFTER PROMISING START
The British 3m Synchronised pair, Tandi Gerrard and Hayley
Sage, started well in the 2008 Olympic final but couldn't
keep up with the power of the 2004 Olympic champions Jingjing
Guo and Minxia Wuo.
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10th Aug - WORLD, OLYMPIC AND BRITISH RECORDS TUMBLE
The morning session of the second day of swimming at the
Water Cube in Beijing saw the first swimming finals, which
were predicted to be exciting and did not disappoint.
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9th Aug - SMILEY MILEY MAKES HER FIRST OLYMPIC FINAL
Britain had ten swimmers competing today with Olympic debutant
Thomas Haffield (City of Cardiff) and Euan Dale (City of Edinburgh)
going in the first event, competing in the heats of the men's
400m Individual Medley.
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7th Aug - THE ASA BECOMES KEY PARTNER IN ALLOCATION OF FREE
SWIMMING FACILITY CASH
The Government has announced how it will allocate the £60m
to improve swimming facilities as part of its Free Swimming
programme - and the asa (the national governing body for swimming)
will play a key part.
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4th Aug - BRITAIN'S MEDAL RUSH AT US OPEN
The team of British athletes swimming in the US Open in Minnesota
have secured their first medals of the competition with one
gold and two bronze medals.
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4th Aug - TEAM GB SWIMMERS READY FOR BEIJING ARRIVAL
Team GB's swimmers will arrive in Beijing tomorrow - the
final destination of a journey which for many started years
ago when they first dreamt of representing their country at
an Olympic Games.
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3rd Aug - BRITAIN LOOK STRONG ON FINAL DAY
The British Juniors competing in Belgrade added another seven
medals to their already impressive medal haul, taking their
total to 18 medals, on the final day of the European Junior
Championships
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3rd Aug - BRITAIN TOP TRI-NATIONS POINTS TABLE
The British contingent competing in Quebec City at the Tri-Nations
Cup have topped the points table on the final day with another
massive medal haul.
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3rd Aug - TRIPLE GOLD MEDAL HAUL
The results from the final day of the asa National Youth
Championships 2008 at Sheffield did not disappoint with a
number of fantastic swims by a plethora of talented swimmers.
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2nd Aug - DOUBLE GOLD FOR BRITS IN BELGRADE
The 42-strong squad competing in Belgrade at the European
Junior Championships secured their sixth and seventh gold
medals with another strong performance on the fourth day of
the competition.
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2nd Aug - BRITAIN IN THE MEDALS ON FIRST DAY
The British squad have won a total of 23 medals on the first
day of the Tri-Nations Cup being held in Quebec City.
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1st Aug - HAT TRICK OF RECORDS FOR PARALYMPIANS
At the ASA National Championships being held at Ponds Forge
International Sports Centre in Sheffield, paralympians Sean
Fraser (Warrender) broke the British record, with Louise Watkin
(Kelly College), Sam Hynd (Nova Centurion) breaking European
records in their respective events
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1st Aug - DISTANCE DIVAS STRIKE TWICE
The asa National Youth Championships 2008, being held at
Ponds Forge International Sports Centre saw Sheffield local,
Ellie Faulkner win the girls 14/15 years 800m freestyle adding
to the 1500m that she won on day one of the Championships.
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July 2008
31st Jul - DOUBLE GOLD FOR BRITAIN'S JUNIOR ELITE
The second day of the European Junior Championships saw Anne
Bochmann continue her impressive start with her second gold
medal and Christopher Walker-Hebborn fight off tough Russian
competition to take his first gold of the competition.
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31st Jul - SECOND DAY AT US OPEN SEES PROMISING PERFORMANCES
The British athletes competing at the US Open in Minnesota
demonstrated promise on the second day, but just missed out
on securing medals.
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31st Jul - PARALYMPIANS PERFORM
Swimming in Sheffield at the asa Championships, paralympians
Sean Fraser (Warrender) and Elizabeth Simpkin (Southport)
showed their promise with Fraser breaking the S9 British record
in the men's 50m freestyle and Simpkin breaking the S9 British
and European record
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31st Jul - Day 2 of the asa National Youth Championships
Winning her second National title, England talent programme
and AASE (Advanced Apprenticeship in Sporting Excellence)
student Kate Hutchinson (City of Leeds) came from behind to
record a convincing win in the girls 16/17 years 200m breaststroke
in 2:36.86 .
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31st Jul - Three medals on first day of European Junior
Swimming Championship
Britain's young swimmers have impressed on the first day
(Wednesday 30th July) of the European Junior Swimming Championships
in Belgrade,
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30th Jul - BRITISH TEAM JUST MISS MEDAL IN US OPEN
The small team of British athletes competing in the US Open
Meet in Minnesota, just missed out on claiming medals on the
first day of competition.
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30th Jul - MILES AHEAD OF RECORD
There were some exceptional performances on the first day
of the asa Youth Championships, which are taking place at
Ponds Forge in Sheffield.
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29th Jul - BRITISH SWIMMERS PREPARE FOR CANADIAN TRI MEET
A team of 41 British swimmers are preparing for the Canadian
Tri Meet where they will be competing against a selection
of top athletes from Canada and France.
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29th Jul - ATHLETES COMBINE NEW BORN ROLES WITH OLYMPICS
For two of Britain's Beijing-bound athletes the commitment
and dedication required in preparing for the Olympics has
been combined with something even more demanding - the responsibilities
attached to the recent arrival of new born children.
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28th Jul - TOP HONOURS FOR CITY OF LEEDS
Outstanding performances from Matthew Johnson and Danielle
Hall-Jackson, helped the City of Leeds to be named as the
top club at this years asa National Age Group Championships.
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28th Jul - JUNIOR SWIMMERS READY FOR EUROPEAN CHALLENGE
A 44-strong squad of some of Britain's most exciting swimming
prospects will test themselves against the sport's best youngsters
from around Europe at the European Junior Championships in
Belgrade.
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28th Jul - BEIJING BOUND SWIMMERS ARRIVE AT OSAKA CAMP
Britain's Olympic swimming team have arrived at their pre-Games
camp in Japan where they will spend the next 10 days putting
the final touches to their preparations while acclimatising
to the conditions.
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28th Jul - BAGCAT WINNERS CELEBRATE ON FINAL DAY
Seven swimmers celebrated as they received BAGCAT awards
to add to their haul of National titles, records and medals
on the final day of the asa National Age Group Championships.
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27th Jul - NIPPY NEVES, CONFIDENT CALEB AND JUBILANT JOHNSON
DOMINATE DAY THREE
The superlatives were flying on day three of the asa National
Age Group Championships, as the swimmers continued producing
spectacular performances.
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26th Jul - AGE GROUP RECORDS FALL ON THE SECOND DAY OF the
asa NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Guernsey swimmer Kristina Neves started day two of the asa
Age Group National Championships picking up her third gold
medal in the girls 11-years 800m freestyle in a time of 9:36:78.
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25th Jul - NEW KELLOGG’S SWIM ACTIVE FUNDING FOR TEACHERS
AND COACHES
A bursary fund of £90,000 has been made available through
the Kellogg’s Swim Active programme to support the education
and training of swimming teachers and coaches through the
Institute of Swimming (IoS)
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24th Jul - BRITISH DISABILITY SWIMMING SEARCHES FOR NEXT
GENERATION OF STARS 2008
British Disability Swimming has released an inspirational
DVD designed to encourage the next generation of athletes
to take the plunge into swimming.
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23rd Jul - NEW ROLES WILL BE KEY TO FUTURE OF SWIMMING
British Swimming has unveiled key new roles within the World
Class Programme that will develop young talent as well as
enhance the support to athletes through sport science.
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21st Jul - FURTHER PROGRESS FOR SYNCHRO DUET
Jenna Randall and Olivia Allison, Britain's first Olympic
synchronised swimming duet since 1992, demonstrated promising
performances by gaining a new personal best score in Barcelona.
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16th Jul - BRITISH SWIMMING UNVEILS WARM WEATHER TRAINING
INTENT
British Swimming has issued a statement of intent to work
with Blue Water Elite Swimming Training (BEST) at a new, purpose
built centre in Mallorca, Spain.
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13th Jul - ADLINGTON SMASHES COMMONWEALTH RECORD
Rebecca Adlington (Nova Centurion) shaved two seconds off
her own British and Commonwealth record in the women's 400m
Freestyle on the final day of the asa Championships (50m).
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12th Jul - DAVENPORT CLAIMS VICTORY IN TIGHT FINAL
The men's 200m Freestyle final saw Olympic qualifiers Ross
Davenport and Robbie Renwick taking on British record holder
Simon Burnett for honours on the second day of the asa Championships
2008.
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12th Jul - RELAY GLORY AT WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPS
The men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay team won the gold medal
and claimed a championship record at the World Junior Championships
2008.
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11th Jul - RENWICK WINS GOLD ON DAY ONE
City of Aberdeen swimmer Robbie Renwick came from behind
to an impressive victory in the men's 400m Freestyle race
on the first day of the asa Championships (50m).
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11th Jul - SECOND DAY AT YOUTH CHAMPS SEE FIRST BRITISH
GOLD
The British swimmers competing in the World Youth Championships
have added to their medal tally after a successful second
day.
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9th Jul - PREPARATIONS ON TRACK FOR BEIJING GAMES
Britain's squad will enter the final phase of their Olympic
Games preparations this week in Liverpool.
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9th Jul - PURSLEY UNVEILED AS BRITISH SWIMMING HEAD COACH
British Swimming has appointed former team director of USA
Swimming Dennis Pursley as National Head Coach.
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4th Jul - OLYMPIC COACH APPOINTED TO SUNDERLAND BEACON ROLE
British Olympic coach David McNulty has been appointed to
develop a new swimming programme at the new 50m Sunderland
Aquatic Centre.
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4th Jul - JUNIOR WORLDS TO KICK-START BUSY SWIMMING SUMMER
A squad of some of Britain's most exciting swimming prospects
will test themselves against the sport's best youngsters from
around the globe at the FINA World Junior Championships in
Mexico.
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June 2008
22nd Jun - MANCHESTER CHAMPIONSHIPS COME TO AN END FOR MASTERS
SWIMMERS
The final day of competition at the British Swimming Masters
and Senior Age Group Championships (50m) 2008 ended with a
further flurry of records broken, capping a memorable weekend
for all competitors.
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21st Jun - SECOND DAY OF MASTERS BRINGS MORE RECORDS
The second day of competition at Manchester Aquatic Centre
bought more records and impressive swims to the pool as over
600 competitors battle it out for the medals.
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21st Jun - OLYMPIC DIVING SQUAD TAKES FORM
A ten-strong diving squad was today selected as part of Team
GB and will now focus their attentions on success in Beijing
after some excellent performances on the last day of the Diving
Trials in Leeds.
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20th Jun - POWELL AND COUCH FIRST TO SEAL OLYMPIC NOMINATION
Stacie Powell (Southampton Diving) and Tonia Couch (Plymouth
Diving) became the first British divers to realise their Olympic
dreams after winning the women's 10m individual event
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20th Jun - MASTERS SWIMMERS HAVE SUCCESSFUL FIRST DAY
Records fell on the first day of competition at the British
Swimming Masters and Senior Age Group Championships (50m)
in Manchester as top swimmers from each age group took to
the pool on the opening day.
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18th Jun - BRITISH TEAM READY FOR TOUGH INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE
The British men's Water Polo team are set to take to the
water at the International Tournament in Lodz to take on Poland
and Turkey in a three-way competition.
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16th Jun - DIVERS SHAPE UP TO REALISE BEIJING OLYMPIC DREAMS
Britain's divers with dreams of competing at this summer's
Beijing Olympic Games will go head-to-head this weekend to
decide which athletes will be selected to fill the places
already secured for Team GB.
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16th Jun - FOGG TAKES SILVER MEDAL IN FIRST INTERNATIONAL
10KM
Britain's Daniel Fogg won a silver medal in his first ever
international 10km open water swim with an impressive performance
in Piombino, Italy.
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11th Jun - BRITISH SWIMMING TO BRING DEVELOPMENT BACK TO
UK
As British Swimming transforms its vision of an Intensive
Training Centre (ITC) network across the UK into a reality,
it has announced its intention to discontinue an Offshore
Centre in Australia.
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8th Jun - JACKSON AND HALSALL SET NEW RECORDS ON IMPRESSIVE
FINAL DAY
Britain's swimmers took their medal tally for the Seven Hills
meet in Rome to over 30 on the final day with Kris Gilchrist
and Liam Tancock leading the way with individual golds, with
Jo Jackson and Fran Halsall setting new British Records.
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7th Jun - SWIMMERS TAKE MEDAL HAUL IN ROME
British swimmers competing in Rome have put in a string a
good performances to pick up a number of medals on the second
day of action in Italy at the Seven Hills meet.
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6th Jun - SWIMMERS IN THE MEDALS AS THEY TARGET BEIJING
OLYMPICS
Britain's swimmers may be in heavy training for this summer's
Olympics but they met the challenge of a tough international
field at the Seven Hills Meet in Rome head on to take 11 medals,
including four gold.
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6th Jun - the asa welcomes Government's massive cash injection
into swimming
The asa, the national governing body involved in every component
of swimming, has welcomed the government's announcement today
of a massive cash injection into swimming.
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1st Jun - SYNCHRO PAIR LOOK PROMISING IN ROME
Britain's Beijing-bound synchronised swimming pair Jenna
Randall and Olivia Allison continued their momentum towards
their first Olympics with a strong performance at the Rome
Open.
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May 2008
31st May - SYNCHRONISED DIVERS TAKE SILVER IN CHINA
British Olympic hopefuls Ben Swain and Nick Robinson-Baker
continued to impress on the road to Beijing with a silver
medal at the final stage of the FINA World Diving Series in
China.
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29th May - SYNCHRO DUET SET FOR TOUGH CHALLENGE IN ROME
Britain's synchronised swimming duet of Jenna Randall and
Olivia Allison are set to take on some of the world's best
nations at the Rome Open this weekend.
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29th May - INJURIES FORCE TAYLOR TO QUIT AHEAD OF BEIJING
GAMES
Leon Taylor has announced his retirement from the Olympic
sport of diving following a career spanning 22 years where
he forged a reputation as arguably Britain's best-ever diver.
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26th May - HYND LOWERS WORLD STANDARD TWICE ON FINAL DAY
Sam Hynd (Nova Centurion) showed his true potential on the
international circuit as he broke the world record in the
men's 400m Freestyle twice through the heats and finals of
the German Open Championships.
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25th May - CHINA DOMINATE DAY TWO OF WORLD SERIES IN SHEFFIELD
Chinese competitors dominated the second day of the FINA
Diving World Series at Ponds Forge International Sports Centre
in Sheffield.
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24th May - LEWIS BREAKS WORLD RECORD ON WAY TO GOLD
Paralympic Champion Nyree Lewis lowered the world record
in the women's 200m Backstroke as she fought to win the gold
medal at the German Open Championships.
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24th May - DALEY AND ALDRIDGE TAKE GOLD ON FIRST DAY
The world's best divers descended on Ponds Forge International
Sports Centre today to compete at the second in a run of three
competitions in the 2008 FINA Diving World Series.
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24th May - ROBERTS LOWERS WORLD STANDARD
The men's 200m Freestyle final saw David Roberts smash the
world record on his way to the bronze medal at the German
Open Championships.
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21st May - DALEY AND ALDRIDGE SET TO TAKE ON WORLD ELITE
Tom Daley and Blake Aldridge will lead the British team into
competition against the world's elite at the second FINA Diving
World Series in Sheffield this weekend.
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11th May - BRITAIN CELEBRATES SUCCESSFUL WORLD CUP
Britain's swimmers competing at the Paralympic World Cup
in Manchester have proven to the world they are a force to
be reckoned with just four months out from Beijing by taking
seven gold, four silver and three bronze medals.
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6th May - world disability swimming Preview
Manchester plays host to the cream of this weekend as the
fourth annual Paralympic World Cup hits the city.
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4th May - DAVIES TAKES WORLD SILVER
Britain's open water swimmers continued their excellent performance
at the World Open Water Swimming Championships as David Davies
claimed the silver medal and guaranteed his nomination to
the Olympic team in the men's 10km race.
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3rd May - PATTEN AND PAYNE SHINE ON WORLD STAGE
Britain's long distance swimmers gained an excellent start
to the 5th FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships with
both Cassie Patten and Keri-Anne Payne finishing in the top
ten to qualify their place at this year's Olympics against
a world-class field.
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1st May - DIVING PAIR EYE FURTHER INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS
British divers Nicholas Robinson-Baker and Ben Swain took
to the boards at the inaugural FINA Diving World Series as
a relatively unknown synchro pairing but left the competition
as Britain's only medallists
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April 2008
29th Apl - BRITAIN'S OPEN WATER SWIMMERS FIGHT FOR OLYMPIC
PLACES
Britain's long distance swimmers aiming for a place on the
starting line of the inaugural Olympic 10km swim this summer
in Beijing will be looking to guarantee their spot at this
weekend's 5th World Open Water Championships in Seville.
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27th Apl - WATKIN CLAIMS EUROPEAN RECORD
Kelly College swimmer Louise Watkin smashed the European
record in the S9 category on the final day of the British
International Disability Swimming Championships in Sheffield.
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26th Apl - BRITS BREAK EUROPEAN RECORDS
The women's 100m Butterfly final saw two European records
lowered on the second day of the British International Swimming
Championships in Sheffield.
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25th Apl - ROBERTS LOWERS WORLD RECORD TWICE
Paralympic champion David Roberts (Swansea Performance) lowered
the world record twice in the men's 400m Freestyle on the
first day of the British International Swimming Championships
(50m) 2008 in Sheffield.
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24th Apl - BRITISH DIVERS TAKE ON WORLD'S BEST IN SHEFFIELD
Britain's top divers will be taking to the boards in Sheffield
at the FINA Diving World Series as they host the world's elite
divers in a two day competition just two months out from the
biggest sporting event in the world this summer.
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24th Apl - SQUADS UNVEILED FOR WORLD AND EUROPEAN TESTS
British Swimming has unveiled the next generation of elite
athletes within two squads bound for this summer's World Youth
Swimming Championships in Mexico and the European Junior Championships
in Serbia.
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22nd Apl - SWIMMERS FIGHT FOR PARALYMPIC PLACES
Britain's top disability swimmers will be battling it out
at this weekend's British International Disability Swimming
Championships to make their dreams of competing at the Beijing
Games a reality.
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20th Apl - ALLISON AND RANDALL MEET OLYMPIC SELECTION STANDARD
Olivia Allison and Jenna Randall have met the selection criteria
needed to book Britain's place at the Olympics after a superb
performance at the qualification tournament for synchronised
swimming.
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18th Apl - ALLISON AND RANDALL LOOK TO BOOK OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION
Britain's Olivia Allison and Jenna Randall took to the pool
today in the Duet Free routine as the pair look to secure
their spot at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
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18th Apl - EVERYDAY SWIM REPORT PROVIDES POSITIVE FEEDBACK
An independent Interim Report released today on the Amateur
Swimming Association's (ASA) Everyday Swim programme contains
significant findings for the sport and activity industries.
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18th Apl - SIMMONDS SWITCHES OLYMPIC PREPARATION TO LOUGHBOROUGH
British Champion Elizabeth Simmonds is set to train at Loughborough
University as she sets her sights on the 2008 Beijing Olympic
Games.
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16th Apl - BRITISH SYNCHRO PAIR BEGIN OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION
CAMPAIGN
Britain's Jenna Randall and Olivia Allison began their journey
to qualify for the synchronised swimming duet event at the
Beijing today.
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16th Apl - WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MEDALLIST AND OLYMPIAN REBECCA
COOKE TO STAND DOWN 16th
Britain's top ranked distance freestyle swimmer in recent
years Rebecca Cooke is to retire from competitive swimming
at the age of 24.
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13th Apl - DAVIES TAKES SILVER ON FINAL DAY
David Davies helped Britain claim its 24th medal of the competition
on a day that saw the host nation celebrate its biggest medal
haul at a World Swimming Championships (25m).
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12th Apl - TANCOCK ADDS TO BRITISH MEDAL HAUL
Liam Tancock claimed his third World Championship (25m) medal
in the men's 50m Backstroke at the World Swimming Championships
(25m) in Manchester.
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11th Apl - GILCHRIST CONTINUES GB'S GOLD RUSH
Britain's Kris Gilchrist dominated his final to become Britain's
third gold medallist of the World Swimming Championships (25m)
in Manchester as the host nation took third place in the medal
standings.
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10th Apl - GOLD MEDALS CLAIMED BY BRITISH TEAM
The British team competing at the World Swimming Championships
(25m) claimed their first gold medals of the competition in
the women's 800m Freestyle and the men's 100m Backstroke.
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9th Apl - MILEY CLAIMS WORLD SILVER
Britain's Hannah Miley became the second fastest woman in
the world after claiming the silver medal in the final of
the women's 400m Individual Medley on the first day of the
World Swimming Championships (25m) in Manchester.
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8th Apl - WORLD CHALLENGE STARTS FOR RISING BRITISH TEAM
The first World Championships to be staged in Britain will
offer the perfect setting for the national swim team to showcase
their talents as they go into tomorrow's event riding high
off the back of a record breaking Olympic trials.
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6th Apl - OLYMPIC SWIM TEAM TAKES FORM
The final day of the British Swimming Championships saw the
final athletes meet the nomination criteria to add their names
to the list of swimmers that have the chance to go to this
summer's Olympic Games.
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5th Apl - MILEY CLAIMS EUROPEAN RECORD
Garioch swimmer Hannah Miley broke a seven-year-old European
record in this evening's heats of the 400m Individual Medley
at the British Swimming Championship (50m).
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5th Apl - ADLINGTON SECURES SECOND OLYMPIC NOMINATION
On the penultimate day of competition at the British Swimming
Championships (50m) all eyes were on the women's 800m Freestyle
final after Rebecca Adlington became the fastest woman over
the distance this year in the heats earlier this week.
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4th Apl - SWIMMERS CLOSE IN ON OLYMPIC GOAL
Britain's top swimmers continued to take a step closer to
the Beijing Olympics after seven swimmers met the FINA 'A'
qualifying time in this evening's heats at the British Swimming
Championships (50m).
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4th Apl - MORE SWIMMERS MEET NOMINATION CRITERIA
The fifth day of the British Swimming Championships saw more
British Swimmers meet the criteria to be nominated to Team
GB for this year's Olympic Games.
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3rd Apl - ADLINGTON SLASHES COMMONWEALTH RECORD
Rebecca Adlington became the fastest swimmer in the world
over 800m this year after smashing a 19-year-old Commonwealth
record at the British Swimming Championships (50m).
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3rd Apl - TAIT SMASHES COMMONWEALTH RECORD ON WAY TO BEIJING
Britain's top swimmers continued to impress at the British
Swimming Championships (50m) as they strive to achieve their
dream of meeting the selection criteria for this year's Olympic
Games.
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2nd Apl - TANCOCK POSTS NEW WORLD RECORD
Liam Tancock broke the world record for the 50m Backstroke
with his split time in the men's 200m Backstroke during this
evening's heats at the British Swimming Championships (50m).
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2nd Apl - RECORDS BROKEN AS SWIMMERS TAKE STEP CLOSER TO
BEIJING
The third day of the British Swimming Championships (50m)
saw three Commonwealth records broken and nine more athletes
achieve the qualifying standard for nomination to the British
Olympic squad.
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1st Apl - RECORDS CONTINUE TO FALL AT NATIONAL CHAMPS
Britain's top swimmers broke four British records on day
two of competition at the British Swimming Championships (50m)
as they aimed to secure the FINA 'A' qualifying time in this
evening's heats.
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1st Apl - FAST FINALS SEE FIRST SWIMMERS MEET NOMINATION
CRITERIA
Britain's swimmers today took another step closer to realising
their dreams of competing at this summer's Olympic Games by
gaining some more fast times in the finals of the British
Swimming Championships (50m).
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March 2008
31st Mar - RECORD BREAKING START TO BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIPS
The first day of the British Swimming Championships (50m)
saw two British records smashed in the heats of the women's
200m Butterfly and 100m Freestyle.
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28th Mar - SWIMMERS STRIVE TOWARDS OLYMPIC DREAMS
Britain's swimmers will be looking to realise lifelong dreams
at next week's British Championships as they aim to become
part of the British Olympic squad competing at the biggest
sporting event in the world this summer.
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28th Mar - BRITISH SWIMMING TO APPOINT WORLD CLASS TEAM
British Swimming is aiming to secure the services of leading
professionals within the sport as it implements a new performance
programme designed to maximise outcomes at the 2012 Olympics
while providing a legacy for the future.
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24th Mar - RELAY TAKES GOLD IN NEW EUROPEAN RECORD TIME
Britain's relay women swept to gold on the final night of
the European Championships in Eindhoven and with it added
their name into the record books.
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24th Mar - DALEY TAKES EUROPEAN CROWN AT JUST 13 YEARS OLD
At just 13 years of age Tom Daley became European diving
champion in Eindhoven tonight and with it wrote his name into
the record books as Britain's youngest diving gold medallist.
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23rd Mar - SWIMMERS TAKE FOURTH PLACE IN TOUGH RELAY FINAL
Britain's swimmers finished in fourth place in this evening's
4x200m Freestyle final at the European Swimming Championships
in Eindhoven.
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23rd Mar - GLOUCESTER WINS BID TO HOST EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Gloucester is to host the European Junior Synchronised Swimming
Championships 2009 after LEN confirmed the bid had been successful.
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22nd Mar - DAVIES RACES FROM HOSPITAL TO EUROPEAN PODIUM
Britain's David Davies added European silver to his international
role of honours despite the fact that just a week ago he was
lying in a hospital bed.
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21st Mar - RELAY WOMEN TAKE SILVER AND SMASH BRITISH RECORD
Britain took the silver and nearly stole the show at the
European Championships in Eindhoven when they smashed the
British Record in the final of the Women's 4x200m Freestyle
Relay.
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19th Mar - RELAY TEAM IMPRESS ON ROAD TO 2012 GAMES
Britain showcased the emerging talent of its sprint relay
team at the European Championships in Eindhoven tonight and
they impressed with a best time as they continue their development
towards the London 2012 Olympics.
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17th Mar - BRITISH DIVERS SET TO TAKE ON BEST IN EUROPE
The British Diving squad make their return to the international
circuit at the LEN European Diving Championships this week
hungry to replicate their performance at the World Cup last
month.
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16th Mar - RANDALL SHOWS PROMISE IN TOUGH FINAL
Britain's Jenna Randall has continued to make a name for
herself on the European circuit after a strong performance
in the Solo Free final at the European Championship.
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15th Mar - DAVIES FACES REPEAT OF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP DUEL
Britain's swimmers face their toughest international test
so far of the 2008 Olympic year when they compete at the LEN
European Championships in Eindhoven.
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14th Mar - DUET SECURES FINAL SPOT AFTER STRONG START
Britain's Jenna Randall and Olivia Allison have booked their
spots in the final of the Duet Free Routine after once again
showing their true potential on an international stage.
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13th Mar - RANDALL REACHES FINAL AFTER PROMISING PERFORMANCE
Britain ' s Jenna Randall succeeded in securing her place
in the Britain final of the Solo event at the European Championships
after Britain her promising preliminary rounds.
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11th Mar - SYNCHRO SWIMMERS READY FOR TOUGH EUROPEAN CHALLENGE
After Britain's synchronised swimming duet yesterday struggled
with flight cancellations due to the turbulent weather they
have made it to the European Championships and are now ready
to test themselves against some of the world's best athletes.
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7th Mar - OLYMPIC MEDAL SCHEME TO REWARD COACH CONTRIBUTION
A reward scheme to recognise the efforts of swimming coaches
putting athletes onto the podium at the Beijing Olympics has
been unveiled by British Swimming.
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6th Mar - SHEFFIELD BACK ON DIVING WORLD STAGE
The FINA Diving World Series returns to Sheffield this spring
for the second year and with support from UK Sport and partners
from Sheffield and the Yorkshire region the event looks to
be even bigger than the first.
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4th Mar - LEADERSHIP GROUP DRIVES SWIMMING'S OLYMPIC EFFORT
British Swimming has unveiled a Leadership Group that will
be the driving force behind the Olympic squad's preparations
in the run up to the Beijing Games.
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4th Mar - SPRING SUCCESS BECKONS FOR SCOTTISH STAR
City of Edinburgh swimmer Kris Gilchrist will be one of only
ten men to challenge themselves at three tough competitions
this spring in a bid to prepare themselves for the biggest
sporting event in the world this summer.
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