2026 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships: Day Two A-Finals Live Recap

2026 AQUATICS GB SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Tuesday, April 14th – Sunday, April 19th
• Prelims at 9:30am local (4:30am ET)/B-Finals & Junior Finals at 6pm local (1pm ET)/A-finals at 7:45pm local (2:45pm ET)
• London Aquatics Centre
• European Championships Selection Policy
• SwimSwam Preview
• Meet Central
• Entries
• Prelims Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2
• Finals Recaps: Day 1
• Start Lists/Live Results
• Livestream

The stage is set for another exciting round of finals at the 2026 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships, with swimmers vying not only for European Championships qualification but also the chance to represent their Home Nations at this year’s Commonwealth Games.

Tonight, we’ll be treated to a schedule containing the women’s 1500m free, men’s 50m breast, men’s 200m fly, women’s 100m back, as well as the men’s and women’s 400m IM main events.

START LIST

It will most likely be 17-year-old Amelie Blocksidge against the clock in the fastest heat of the women’s 1500m freestyle, as the teen tries to improve upon her ranking as the 3rd-fastest British female in history.

This morning, we saw world record holder Adam Peaty put up a strong performance to capture the 50m breast top seed as a follow-up to his head-turning outing last night in the 100m sprint.

In a one-length race where anything can happen, however, the newly-married man will be chased by the likes of Archie Goodburn, Max Morgan, Filip Nowacki and Greg Butler.

Olympic bronze medalist Luke Greenbank is trying his hand at the men’s 200m fly, situated among the medal contenders along with Ed Mildred and Duncan Scott, the latter of whom ranks as GBR’s #2 performer of all time.

Tack on the trio of women’s 100m backstrokers to the tune of Lauren Cox, Blythe Kinsman and Katie Shanahan, along with Max Litchfield and Amalie Smith in the respective men’s and women’s 400m IM and each race is billed as a must-see affair this eventing.

WOMEN’S 1500 FREE – FASTEST HEAT

• British Record – 15:47.26, Jazmin Carlin, 2013
• GBR Euros QT – 16:07.20
• ENG Commonwealth QT – 16:26.99
• WAL Commonwealth QT – 16:28.65
• SCO Commonwealth QT – 16:37.12
• NI Commonwealth QT – 16:39.33

GOLD – Amelie Blocksidge, 16:22.93 *ENG QT*
SILVER – Abbie Roscoe, 16:32.58
BRONZE – Lucy Parsons, 16:36.79

As expected, 17-year-old Amelie Blocksidge added another golden piece of hardware to her already-full cabinet.

The City of Salford ace reaped gold in a time of 16:22.93, beating her competitors by nearly 10 seconds.

Abbie Roscoe was next to the wall in 16:32.58, followed by Lucy Parsons who bagged the bronze in 16:36.79.

Blocksidge’s lifetime best remains at the 16:10.04 she put on the books at the 2024 Lancashire County Championships. Although she was off that tonight, her effort cleared the 16:26.99 Commonwealth Games qualification time determined by Swim England.

MEN’S 50 BREAST – FINAL

• British Record – 25.95, Adam Peaty, 2017
• GBR Euros QT – 27.13
• ENG Commonwealth QT – 27.64
• WAL Commonwealth QT – 27.89
• SCO Commonwealth QT – 27.82
• NI Commonwealth QT – 27.74

GOLD – Adam Peaty, 26.64 *GBR Euros QT* *ENG Commonwealth QT*
SILVER – Filip Nowacki, 27.10 *GBR Euros QT*
BRONZE – Max Morgan & Archie Goodburn, 27.22 *ENG Commonwealth* & *SCO Commonwealth*

31-year-old Olympic champion and world record holder Adam Peaty has proven once again that he can bounce back against the biggest odds.

The newly-married, born-again man who missed last year’s championships season ripped a monster time of 26.64 to dominate tonight’s men’s 50m breast field.

Post-race, he said that ‘I’ve given everything, but the most exciting thing is the future and that is why I wake up every day. I want to land on the podium in two years’ time [at the 2028 Olympic Games in LA].

World Junior Championships multi-gold medalist Filip Nowacki secured teh silver in 27.10, making the grade for the British European Championships squad in the process.

Max Morgan and Archie Goodburn, the latter of whom continues to battle inoperable brain tumors, touched simultaneously in 27.22 to become co-bronze medalists.

Never-say-die Peaty now ranks #2 in the world on the season, paired with his #3 time of 58.97 in the 100m breast.

MEN’S 200 FLY – FINAL

• British Record – 1:54.58, Michael Rock, 2009
• GBR Euros QT – 1:55.54
• ENG Commonwealth QT – 1:56.81
• WAL Commonwealth QT – 1:58.77
• SCO Commonwealth QT – 1:58.71
• NI Commonwealth QT – 1:58.26

GOLD – Duncan Scott, 1:54.97 *GBR Euros QT* *SCO Commonwealth QT*
SILVER – Ed Mildred, 1:55.03 *GBR Euros QT*, *ENG Commonwealth QT*
BRONZE – Luke Greenbank, 1:57.80

The ever-versatile 28-year-old Duncan Scott ripped a powerful result of 1:54.97 to take this men’s 200m butterfly, demonstrating once again that this Olympic multi-gold medalist is one of the tenacious swimmers on the planet.

Scott of the University of Stirling split 25.66/28.50/29.85/30.96 to get to the wall ahead of Ed Mildred, the 23-year-old European Championships and Commonwealth Games multi-medalist who settled for silver just a hair behind in 1:55.03.

Luke Greenbank, the 2020 Olympic Games bronze medalist in the 200m back, rounded out the podium in 1:57.80.

As for Scott, his lifetime best rests at the 1:54.89 notched at the 2025 edition of this competition, so the mega-star was less than .10 outside that result with tonight’s stellar performance.

He now ranks 8th in the world in this event at the moment.

Mildred’s lifetime best entering this competition rested at the 1:56.13 he logged at the 2025 World Championships, so the Manchester Performance Centre athlete crushed that prior outing with his new PB tonight.

Mildred split 25.85/28.85/29.61/30.72 to rocket up the British all-time rankings to now take over slot #4.

Top 5 British Men’s LCM 200 Butterfly Performers All-Time

1. Michael Rock – 1:54.58, 2009
2. Duncan Scott – 1:54.89, 2025
3. James Guy – 1:54.91, 2022
4. Ed Mildred – 1:55.03, 2026
5. Stephen Parry – 1:55.52, 2004

WOMEN’S 100 BACK – FINAL

• British Record – 58.08, Kathleen Dawson, 2021
• GBR Euros QT – 59.76
• ENG Commonwealth QT – 59.88
• WAL Commonwealth QT – 1:00.88
• SCO Commonwealth QT – 1:01.03
• NI Commonwealth QT – 1:01.37

GOLD – Lauren Cox, 59.66 *GBR Euros QT*, *ENG Commonwealth QT*
SILVER – Blythe Kinsman, 1:00.84
BRONZE – Katie Shanahan, 1:01.10

The women’s 100m backstroke was on the slightly subdued side, as just one competitor cleared the 1:00 barrier.

24-year-old Lauren Cox of Manchester Performance Centre reaped gold in a time of 59.66, getting under both the British consideration time for the European Championships as well as the Swim England standard for this year’s Commonwealth Games.

Blythe Kinsman, the 19-year-old World Junior Championshps multi-medalist, was next to the wall in 1:00.84, with Katie Shanahan capturing bronze in 1:01.10.

MEN’S 400 IM – FINAL

• British Record – 4:08.85, Max Litchfield, 2024
• GBR Euros QT – 4:13.16
• ENG Commonwealth QT – 4:15.40
• WAL Commonwealth QT – 4:17.63
• SCO Commonwealth QT – 4:18.88
• NI Commonwealth QT – 4:21.34

GOLD – Max Litchfield, 4:11.69 *GBR Euros QT* *ENG Commonwealth QT*
SILVER – Charlie Hutchison, 4:15.79
BRONZE – George Smith 4:18.39 *SCO Commonwealth QT*

Max Litchfield, the Loughborough man who has finished in painstaking 4th place at the last three Olympic Games, took this 400m IM event handily this evening.

The 31-year-old veteran delivered a time of 4:11.69 to easily clear the British qualification time of 4:13.16 needed for this year’s European Championships, as well as the 4:15.40 Swim England standard needed for the 2026 Commonwealth Games.

Charlie Hutchison, who races for the University of Florida squad in the NCAA, cleaned up the silver medal position in 4:15.79, as George Smith nailed a Scottish Commonwealth Games-worthy result of 4:18.39 as the bronze medalist.

WOMEN’S 400 IM – FINAL

• British Record – 4:31.33, Hannah Miley, 2009
• GBR Euros QT – 4:39.23
• ENG Commonwealth QT – 4:40.32
• WAL Commonwealth QT – 4:44.40
• SCO Commonwealth QT – 4:44.16
• NI Commonwealth QT – 4:47.31

GOLD – Amalie Smith, 4:35.46 *GBR Euros QT* *ENG Commonwealth QT*
SILVER – Suzie McNair, 4:47.32
BRONZE – Evi Mackie, 4:47.87

16-year-old phenom Amalie Smith ripped a new lifetime best of 4:35.46 en route to capturing gold in the final of the women’s 400m IM.

The teen touched in a huge advantage over her competitors, with runner-up Suzie McNair cleaning up silver in 4:47.32 and Evi Mackie bagging bronze in 4:47.87.

As for RTW Monson’s Smith, her outing tonight shaved .03 off her previous best-ever and British Age Record of 4:35.49 put on the books at the 2025 World Junior Championships, where she earned silver.

Prior to that, the prodigy collected European Junior Championships gold in a new championships record of 4:37.02.

With her performance here, Smith etches her name onto the British roster for the 2026 European Championships, as well as on the English lineup for this year’s Commonwealth Games.