15 декабря 2024 года
This week sees the beginning of a new era for British swimming, just as the national team heads back to a venue steeped in a recent history of success. The new: the start of Steven Tigg’s tenure as national head coach; the familiar: racing in Budapest’s Duna arena which has seen numerous British medals won … Continue reading GB Team set for splash and dash in Budapest →
With the Olympics done and dusted for another four years, these are some of the key numbers that describe the British performance in Paris. 96 – the number of British swimmers to win an Olympic medal after Paris. Or is it 97? before the games started w speculated on who would be the 94th GB … Continue reading GB’s Paris Performance in Numbers →
Nine epic days of competition in the La Défense Arena and two more in the Seine are done and dusted as the 2024 Olympic swimming programme comes to a close. For this podcast episode Steve and Katie are joined by triple-Olympian Hannah Miley to look back at the British showing in Paris, one that brought with it 5 medals including a successful defence of the men's 4x200 freestyle relay, and to pick up some of the major talking points, personalities and performances of the meet.
Events in Paris are upon us, with British swimmers contesting 32 individual events and all seven relays over the nine days of swimming competition in the La Défense arena. That lengthened programme has British interest every day from the point Keanna MacInnes takes to the pool in the 100m butterfly heats on the first morning to the time that the men's medley relay touch the wall in the last final of the meet. Here's a day by day preview and a full schedule of when GB's swimmers are in action.
The Paris 2024 Olympics are almost upon us and with them comes nine days of what promises to be an incredible swimming competition. On this episode of the Pullbuoy Podcast Steve, Bob and Katie are joined by double Olympian Lizzie Simmonds to look over events in the La Defense arena as we consider GB's prospects in the pool and the open water in the River Seine.
With just two weeks until the Paris Olympics kick off, the entries for the swimming have been confirmed, revealing who on the GB team will be contesting which events. As we have come to expect from Bill Furniss and Chris Spice they have pulled out a few surprises.
With events in the pool in Paris imminent, we’ll soon know what events GB’s swimmers will be contesting across the 9 days of swimming action. Until then it’s time to polish the crystal ball and have a look at the various issues facing the selectors as they put together the event programmes for the 30 selected swimmers and speculate as to the direction they may take.
With only weeks until swimming kicks off at the Paris Olympics, Steve and Katie are joined by British Swimming Olympian number 529 Ollie Morgan to chat though his meteoric rise to the top of the country's backstroke pile, his aims for Paris and a whole lot more. Plus Katie gets to hear all about Olympic Christmas as we dive into kitting out day.
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.
