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On this episode of the pullbuoy podcast we are joined by Katie Shanahan, a swimmer now headed to her first Olympics in Paris. Katie shares her experiences training at altitude in Flagstaff and reflects on her Olympic selection

Aquatics GB has named a team of 10 pool swimmers along with a full complement of the Olympic marathon swimming team who will all contest this year's European Championships in Belgrade in June.

The British swimming squad for the Paris Olympics was confirmed today as TeamGB revealed the thirty pool swimmers selected off the back of the recent trials held in London. The team is headlined by the likes of Freya Colbert, Duncan Scott and Anna Hopkin with Adam Peaty back in the international fold for the first … Continue reading Britain Names Team of 30 for Paris →

It was a busy week in London for Bob who was in the mixed zone every day. That meant he caught a lot of swimmers fresh from their finals at the Olympic Trials - we heard some of those interviews on our review podcast, but there was a lot more that we didn't include, so on this extra episode we hear from a host of swimmers about their trials experiences.

It was quite the week in London as Britain's swimmers chased Olympic qualification at the Aquatics GB Swimming Championships. There were two British Records and nineteen swimmers booked their places as of right, with four more also posting nomination times to put themselves in the box seat for selection. All that means there is plenty for Steve, Katie and Bob to talk about as we review the competition.

There was no doubt what the big story was on the final night in London - after all it had been building for weeks and the men's 200 freestyle didn't disappoint, serving up a race for the ages - but there was speed in abundance as the curtain came down on the 2024 Aquatics GB swimming Championships.

Night five in London delivered some world class racing and some world class times to go with it. Ben Proud and Abbie Wood stole the headlines with exceptional swims, but there were a number of encouraging performances as four more nomination standards were posted.

London was hit with the first big upsets of the meet on the 4th night of finals which also delivered some close racing and a number of nomination standards. The men's 100m butterfly and 200m backstroke saw the form book overturned as the Olympic team continued to grow.

The men's 100m freestyle may have taken all the headlines on the third night of competition at the Aquatics GB Swimming Championship, but the swim of the day most probably came in the men's 400 IM where Max Litchfield set a new British Record in securing his place in Paris, having overcome two years locked out of the sport in Britain.

The sprint freestyle men took centre stage on the third night of finals in London delivering a sensational showdown over 100m to conclude a successful day of competition that saw a nomination standard met in every Olympic event.