Competitive News – Swim England Competitive Swimming Hub https://www.swimming.org/sport The home of the sport of competitive swimming in England Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:55:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.1 British swimmers round out 2024 with three world medals in Budapest https://www.swimming.org/sport/world-short-course-championships-review-2024/ https://www.swimming.org/sport/world-short-course-championships-review-2024/#respond Tue, 17 Dec 2024 16:15:12 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/sport/?p=17346 Two bronze medals from Abbie Wood and a silver winning British record effort from the Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay completed a thrilling year in the pool for Aquatics GB’s swimmers. The World Short Course Championships in Budapest rounded out a historic 2024 that brought five Olympic medals in the pool, silverware in both pool and … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/sport/world-short-course-championships-review-2024/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2024/12/Wood_Okaro_Evans_Anderson_Womens_Mixed_Medley_Silver_World_SC_2024_1200x675.png Aquatics GB team take to the pool for World Short Course Championships https://www.swimming.org/sport/world-short-course-championships-preview-2024/ https://www.swimming.org/sport/world-short-course-championships-preview-2024/#respond Tue, 10 Dec 2024 07:51:31 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/sport/?p=17301 The curtain is set to come down on a memorable year of swimming as an Aquatics GB team start their six days of action at the World Aquatics Short Course Swimming Championships in Budapest today. At the end of a year that brought five Olympic medals in the pool for GB – including a historic relay … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/sport/world-short-course-championships-preview-2024/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2024/08/abbie_wood_swims.jpg GoCardless Swim England National Winter Championships 2024 day three medallists https://www.swimming.org/sport/national-winter-championships-2024-day-three/ https://www.swimming.org/sport/national-winter-championships-2024-day-three/#respond Sat, 07 Dec 2024 22:47:20 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/sport/?p=17291 Amalie Smith rounded out day three of the GoCardless Swim England National Winter Championships with a new junior British record on her way to a fourth gold medal. After a junior and senior gold medal double in the Female 400m Individual Medley event on day two, the 15-year-old repeated a similar feat on day three. … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/sport/national-winter-championships-2024-day-three/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2024/12/WinterChamps2024-day-three-female-100m-IM-1200x675.png GoCardless Swim England National Winter Championships 2024 day four medallists https://www.swimming.org/sport/national-winter-championships-2024-day-four/ https://www.swimming.org/sport/national-winter-championships-2024-day-four/#respond Sun, 08 Dec 2024 21:36:21 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/sport/?p=17296 A session full of lifetime bests and a new European record closed out the GoCardless Swim England National Winter Championships 2024. Loughborough University’s Charlie Hutchison completed a hat-trick of gold medals at these championships as he recorded a time that was the seventh fastest in British history in the Open/Male 400m Individual Medley (IM). He … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/sport/national-winter-championships-2024-day-four/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2024/12/WinterChamps2024-400mIM-1200x675.png GoCardless Swim England National Winter Championships 2024 day two medallists https://www.swimming.org/sport/national-winter-championships-2024-day-two/ https://www.swimming.org/sport/national-winter-championships-2024-day-two/#respond Fri, 06 Dec 2024 21:07:32 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/sport/?p=17284 A joint world’s best time stole the show on the second day of finals at the GoCardless Swim England National Winter Championships 2024. The S14 duo of Georgia Sheffield and Poppy Maskill both touched the wall in a time of 1:04.09 in the Multi-Classification 100m Backstroke Final to tie the gold medal position. The record … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/sport/national-winter-championships-2024-day-two/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2024/12/Poppy_Maskill_Georgia_Sheffield_joint_gold_Winter_Champs_2024_day_two_1200x675.png GoCardless Swim England National Winter Championships 2024 day one medallists https://www.swimming.org/sport/national-winter-championships-2024-day-one/ https://www.swimming.org/sport/national-winter-championships-2024-day-one/#respond Thu, 05 Dec 2024 20:53:46 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/sport/?p=17274 Records tumbled as an enthralling day of action opened up the GoCardless Swim England National Winter Championships in Sheffield. The first day of the Championships saw a number of impressive performances from some of the nation’s best and future stars of the sport. Two of the Team GB’s Paris 2024 stars went head-to-head as Eva … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/sport/national-winter-championships-2024-day-one/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2024/12/National_Winter_Champs_2024_day_one_medallists_1200x675.png Paris 2024 and future stars to serve up festive treat at Winter Championships https://www.swimming.org/sport/national-winter-championships-2024-preview/ https://www.swimming.org/sport/national-winter-championships-2024-preview/#respond Wed, 04 Dec 2024 17:04:10 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/sport/?p=17265 Spectators are set for an early festive treat as a host of Paris 2024 stars take on the nation’s best up and coming swimmers at the GoCardless Swim England National Winter Championships. Sheffield’s Ponds Forge hosts the Championships and Swim England’s final national event of 2024, where more than 1300 swimmers will be in action … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/sport/national-winter-championships-2024-preview/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2024/12/Winter_Champs_2023_finals_pool_1200x675.png Records fall as para swimming community comes together at Sandwell https://www.swimming.org/sport/aquatics-gb-para-swimming-winter-meet-2024-review/ https://www.swimming.org/sport/aquatics-gb-para-swimming-winter-meet-2024-review/#respond Tue, 26 Nov 2024 16:26:42 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/sport/?p=17240 Multiple British para-swimming records were broken as athletes from across Great Britain were in fine form at the Aquatics GB Para-Swimming Winter Meet – hosted by Swim England. The competition held at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre – home of the 2022 Commonwealth Games – saw the community come together with 12 Paris Paralympians taking on … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/sport/aquatics-gb-para-swimming-winter-meet-2024-review/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2024/11/Para_Swimming_Winter_Meet_2024_1200x675.png Para swimmers head to Sandwell as Swim England hosts Aquatics GB Winter Meet https://www.swimming.org/sport/aquatics-gb-para-swimming-winter-meet-2024-preview/ https://www.swimming.org/sport/aquatics-gb-para-swimming-winter-meet-2024-preview/#respond Fri, 22 Nov 2024 17:19:30 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/sport/?p=17231 The starter is ready ahead packed weekend of short course racing as Swim England hosts the 2024 Aquatics GB Para-Swimming Winter Meet. More than 100 para swimmers will be competing across 21 events at Birmingham’s Sandwell Aquatics Centre this weekend, with some of the nation’s top athletes descending on the home of the 2022 Commonwealth … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/sport/aquatics-gb-para-swimming-winter-meet-2024-preview/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2022/11/British-Para-Swimming-Winter-National-Meet-2022-1200x675.png British team of Olympic medallists and future stars selected for World Champs https://www.swimming.org/sport/great-britain-world-short-course-championships-team-2024/ https://www.swimming.org/sport/great-britain-world-short-course-championships-team-2024/#respond Fri, 15 Nov 2024 15:53:36 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/sport/?p=17217 Aquatics GB have selected an 11-strong team, which includes a mixture of Olympic heroes and senior international debutants for the World Aquatics Short Course Championships next month. The competition in Budapest will round out a memorable 2024 for the British swimming team when they take on the world’s best at the Duna Arena from Tuesday … […]

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