2025 WORLD AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Saturday, July 26th – Sunday, August 3rd (pool swimming)
- Singapore
- LCM (50m)
- Meet Central
With the conclusion of the 2025 Aquatics GB Championships, the nation’s squad for this summer’s World Championships has been revealed.
A plethora of seasoned talent convenes with rising stars to give Great Britain a solid set of swimmers heading to Singapore to try to improve upon the 6th-place finish at the 2024 edition of the World Championships in Doha.
Multiple swimmers were pre-qualified as a result of their performances at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, including men’s 4x200m freestyle relay gold medalists Tom Dean, James Guy, Matt Richards and Duncan Scott.
Richards and Scott were also pre-qualified in their respective 200m free and 200m IM events, as was Ben Proud due to his silver medal-garnering performance in the men’s 50m free.
Of note, Adam Peaty was pre-qualified for the men’s 100m breast, but the 30-year-old world record holder is bypassing this summer’s World Championships.
An additional eight swimmers qualified by way of achieving the strict Aquatics GB-qualifying standards en route to gold in their respective events at the Aquatics GB Championships.
- Freya Colbert – women’s 200m free, 400m IM
- Angharad Evans – women’s 200m breast
- Max Litchfield – men’s 400m IM
- Keanna MacInnes – women’s 200m fly
- Oliver Morgan – men’s 100m back
- Eva Okaro – women’s 50m free
- Katie Shanahan – women’s 200m back, 200m IM
- Abbie Wood – women’s 200m/400m IM
Luke Greenbank, Holly McGill and Jacob Mills also qualified after placing second in their individual events in a time which beat the Aquatics GB standard:
- Luke Greenbank – men’s 200m back
- Holly McGill – women’s 200m back
- Jacob Mills – men’s 50m/100m free
On another note, Matt Richards‘ wife Emily Richards of Manchester Performance Centre earned a discretionary pick. That means the newlyweds will appear on their first official Aquatics GB roster since tying the knot, making them the first-ever British husband and wife duo to represent the nation at a major international aquatics competition.
On the British roster for Singapore, Performance Director Chris Spice said, “We were treated to a week of top-quality racing at the Aquatics GB Swimming Championships, with so many Worlds selection times met and countless finals going down to the very last strokes. It is always a pleasure to see events being moved on as well, so a special mention to Angharad Evans and Oliver Morgan for their respective British records, which bode really well for the season ahead.
“This is an exciting team that genuinely combines world-class experience in the sport’s biggest arenas with a host of up-and-coming talents who we hope can gain invaluable insight in the summer, both in terms of competition but also being around our athletes and staff in a World Championship environment. As always, the focus for everyone involved is on delivering a season’s best performance in the summer, and everything we do between now and late July will be working towards that.
“Seeing how swimmers like Jacob Mills, Max Morgan and Holly McGill delivered in front of packed crowds and a TV audience at the London Aquatics Centre last week means they are already on the right track to do that. Equally, it is always promising to see the way our experienced big hitters, including Duncan Scott, Matt Richards and Abbie Wood, were able to show their class and perform strongly after some well-deserved breaks post-Paris, and that is encouraging in terms this summer, our ongoing relay prospects and the longer-term picture over the next Olympic cycle.”
The Aquatics GB swimming team for the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore:
* Titles of Aquatics GB Performance Centres are shortened to ‘Performance Centre’ in this list
- Tom Dean, Bath Performance Centre
- James Guy, Manchester Performance Centre
- Ben Proud, Chelsea & Westminster Swimming Club
- Matt Richards, Manchester Performance Centre
- Duncan Scott, University of Stirling
The above athletes were pre-selected as per clauses 4.2 and 4.3 of the relevant selection policy, after confirmation from the GB Head Coach.
- Freya Colbert, Loughborough Performance Centre
- Angharad Evans, University of Stirling
- Max Litchfield, Loughborough Performance Centre
- Keanna MacInnes, University of Stirling
- Oliver Morgan, University of Birmingham
- Eva Okaro, Repton
- Katie Shanahan, University of Stirling
- Abbie Wood, Loughborough Performance Centre
The above athletes are selected after winning an individual event at the Aquatics GB Swimming Championships and recording a time that equals or betters the required qualifying times, as per clause 4.4 of the selection policy.
- Luke Greenbank, Loughborough Performance Centre
- Holly McGill, University of Stirling
- Jacob Mills, Repton
The above athletes are selected after placing second in an individual event at the Aquatics GB Swimming Championships and recording a time that equals or betters the required qualifying times, as per clause 4.5 of the selection policy.
- Freya Anderson, University of Stirling
- Greg Butler, Loughborough Performance Centre
- Lucy Hope, University of Stirling
- Edward Mildred, Manchester Performance Centre
- Leah Schlosshan, Manchester Performance Centre
- Jacob Whittle, Bath Performance Centre
The above athletes are selected as part of relay combinations that equalled or bettered the required qualifying times, as per clause 4.6 of the selection policy.
- Lauren Cox, Loughborough Performance Centre
- Evan Jones, Manchester Performance Centre
- Jonathon Marshall, Carnegie Swimming Club
- Jack McMillan, University of Stirling
- Max Morgan, Reeds Swimming Club
- Emily Richards, Manchester Performance Centre
The above athletes are selected at the discretion of the Performance Director and GB Head Coach. These selections are based on performances at the 2025 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships; providing relay alternates for athletes with busy schedules; medal opportunities in new 50m Olympic events; and athletes that are on a trajectory to podium success at the LA 2028 Olympic Games), as per clause 4.7 of the selection policy.
Pretty stupid to only pick 28 imo. Really unfortunate for Theodora Taylor and Kara Hanlon in particular, Theodora literally got paraded after her 100 free that she was going to Singapore (what a sh-tshow), whilst Kara was the closest swimmer to the QT in terms of percentage who was not picked for the team. Since there’s 30 spots available, I dont get why they didnt use them all and select both of them.
On the other hand, Evan Jones was really lucky to be selected for the 4×2. Did not think 1:47.6 would be quick enough for him, especially with Max Litchfield on the team as a reliable alternate.
Kara Hanlon hard done by in my view and I would have taken the young lad who came second in the 100 Fly for the experience and because in three months he’s likely to be beating Mildred who is fully exposed.
tbf Jack Brown doesn’t have an A cut in any event, so if he were picked he’d only be able to swim a relay. Not worth the risk when we also have Dunks as potential cover for the Fly leg of the relay.
its too bad theyre not bringing theodora taylor to give her experience on the senior team but maybe they dont need any prelim legs for that relay
Theodora would likely make our lineup in the final for that relay.
Is there any word on who gets the 2nd spot in the men’s 2free?
Yea they picked Lewis Burras