2026 EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL
- March 13th – March 15th
- Royal Commonwealth Pool, Edinburgh, Scotland
- LCM (50m)
- Meet Central
- Draft Entries
- SwimSwam Preview
- Day 1 Recap/Day 2 Recap
- Results
- Livestream
This year’s edition of the Edinburgh International wrapped up at the Royal Commonwealth Pool, giving us additional glimpses into the form of British athletes ahead of the all-important Aquatics GB Championships in April. That meet represents the sole qualifying opportunity for British swimmers to add their names to their respective nations’ rosters for this year’s Commonwealth Games.
While he uncharacteristically fell short of the men’s 100m breaststroke podium on day two, newly-married 32-year-old Adam Peaty got it done for gold in the 50m sprint to close out his campaign.
Olympic champion Peaty first produced a mark of 27.36 to lead the field out of the heats before nearly hitting an identical time of 27.33 to ultimately get to the wall first in the final.
That held off Reed’s 18-year-old Max Morgan who clinched silver in 27.41, followed by Edinburgh’s own Archie Goodburn, who turned in a time of 27.45 amidst battling inoperable brain tumors.
World Junior Championships multi-gold medalist Filip Nowacki was relegated to 4th place in 27.62.
Peaty’s performance situates the veteran just outside the list of top 25 performers in the world this season.
Olympic teammate Matt Richards dove in for the men’s 100m freestyle, where the Manchester Performance Centre star found success in a solid in-season swim of 48.66.
Richards opened in 23.30 and closed in 25.36 to touch first, with Repton’s Jacob Mills the only other sub-49-second performer in 48.95.
Greek ace Andreas Vazaios rounded out the podium in 49.11.
Richards remains the fastest British man ever in this 1free event, owning a lifetime best of 47.45 from the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka.
The men’s 100m fly saw 23-year-old Ed Mildred make some noise, with the Manchester Performance Centre ace registering two sub-52-second outings on the day.
Mildred led the morning heats with a top-seeded mark of 51.78 before shaving off another .05 in the evening to capture gold in 51.73. Both performances were within striking distance of his fastest-ever result, a time of 51.36 put up at last year’s World Championships to become GBR’s #3 performer in history.
Lewis Fraser snagged the silver behind Mildred in a time of 52.67 and Evan Jones bagged the bronze in 53.18.
After already putting her 100m breast British national record on notice earlier in the competition, 23-year-old Olympian Angharad Evans followed up with a gold medal-worthy outing in the 200m distance.
The University of Stirling standout stopped the clock at a swift 2:22.31 to get the job done, keeping fellow Olympian Abbie Wood at bay.
Wood settled for the silver medal position in 2:23.76 and 17-year-old Imogen Myles also landed on the podium in 2:28.09, good enough for the bronze.
Evans’ 2:22.31 checked in as the 2nd-best time of her career, positioned only behind the 2:21.86 she turned in at the 2025 World Championships. With the Commonwealth Games and European Championships on the horizon this summer, Evans now ranks as the 2nd-best performer in the world at the moment.
2025-2026 LCM Women 200 BREAST
Evans
2:19.70
| 2 | Kate Douglass | USA | 2:20.86 | 12/06 |
| 3 | Evgenia Chikunova | RUS | 2:21.48 | 04/18 |
| 4 | Mona McSharry | IRL | 2:22.22 | 04/10 |
| 5 | Lisa ANGIOLINI | ITA | 2:22.28 | 04/15 |
Versatile World Junior Championships and European Junior Championships multi-medalist Theodora Taylor made her presence known in the women’s 100m freestyle event.
The 17-year-old delivered a time of 54.84 in the morning heats followed by 54.90 in the final to represent the sole performer to clear the 55-second barrier.
Taylor got to the wall ahead of Evelyn Davis who notched 55.16 and Marlee Winser who hit 55.47 for the respective silver and bronze.
Taylor’s young career boasts a lifetime best of 54.20 from Otopeni last year, so the teen was only just over half a second outside that to reap gold here.
Continuing her siege of impressive performances here, including a new British record in the women’s 200m free, Olympian and world champion Freya Colbert did additional damage in the 200m IM.
The 22-year-old Loughborough star produced a result of 2:10.48 to reap gold, falling only .02 shy of her best-ever mark of 2:10.46 notched at the 2024 Olympic Trials. In Paris, Colbert finished a disappointing 18th in the event, posting an effort of 2:12.88.
Reigning European Junior champion Amalie Smith secured silver here, turning in a time of 2:11.44, the 2nd-swiftest performance of the 16-year-old’s young career. Only the 2:11.07 established for silver at last year’s World Junior Championships tops it.
Manchester’s Leah Schlosshan captured bronze behind Smith in this race, clocking 2:12.14.
Additional Notes
- The women’s 1500m free saw 16-year-old British national champion Amelie Blocksidge dominate the field, with the teen putting up a time of 16:24.80. Lucy Parsons represented the next-closest swimmer in 16:41.33 and Madison Rens nabbed the bronze in 16:53.89. Blocksidge’s lifetime best of 16:10.04 performed in 2024 rendered her GBR’s #3 performer of all time.
- Tamara Potocka was too quick to catch in the women’s 50m fly sprint, logging an outing of 26.45. That held off a pair of Mt. Kelly swimmers, with Flawia Kamzol touching next in 26.83 followed by teammate Maari Randvali‘s effort of 27.07.
- Madison Kryger topped the women’s 200m back podium in 2:10.00, just .24 ahead of Katie Shanahan who settled for silver in 2:10.24. Honey Osrin of Loughborough rounded out the podium in 2:11.08.
- Olympic medalist Luke Greenbank won the men’s 200m back as one of two sub-2:00 performers. He touched in 1:58.28 and Cameroon Brooker joined him under the barrier in 1:59.53. Matthew Ward, Brooker’s Bath teammate, earned bronze in 2:00.22.
- Although Olympic multi-medalist James Guy led the men’s 400m free out of the heats, it was Loughborough’s Tyler Melbourne-Smith who grabbed the gold in the main event. Melbourne-Smith collected the top spot in 3:49.02 while Guy was immediately behind in 3:49.21. Three-time Olympian Max Litchfield clocked 3:49.21 as the bronze medalist.
- A series of relays brought out some notable splits, including Evans ripping 1:04.60 on breaststroke in the mixed medley relay and Colbert notching 53.51 as the 100m free anchor.
This meet was very well run. Nice, on-time YouTube live webcast, immediately rewindable and archived. Engaging and well informed commentary by the commentatirs who did 3 sessions/day (including the afternoon slow hears, mostly jrs).
A number of great races. The end of the m400 free is worth watching. Skins mixed relays Sunday night at the end were fun. Nowaki split 26 50br in 4*50 medley a few min after a good 100brin the 4×100.
Evans may be the answer to Kate Douglass
Next wr holder for 100 and 200 breast
Abbie Wood’s BR had gone awry post 2021, but it looks back on song – Fastest swim in 5 years. Her freestyle looks as good as ever, and her backstroke has improved markedly in recent seasons – Hopefully she can push on in the 200im this year, the event has probably moved on a little too much for her to be a factor globally, but it feels like she has been a 2.09 swimmer forever.
She went 2:08 last year..
She did in 2024, too – But my point is that her PB is only 0.30 faster than it was 5 years ago (2.09.15-2.08.85), she has been swimming pretty much the same times year in, year out. Nothing wrong with that, she has squeezed everything she can out and showed up consistently, but her level has not changed since 2021 and hopefully she can move up a level this year.
Her 200 Breast time wouldve landed just off the tie for 3rd at singapore, ahead of Anghared actually. Anghareds time here wouldve been a comfortable 3rd at worlds (which she really shouldve been there). does seem like the 200 breast is the easier event to fight for medals at.
This iteration appeared noticeably faster across many events from the British athletes. It was particularly encouraging to see the younger generation in the mix, providing a positive challenge to the established names.
In my view, both Evans and Colbert are shaping up as potential LA medal prospects.
64.6 relay split for Evans… looks like sub 65 from a flat start is possible at trials.
Maybe she can get Schoenmaker’s 64.8 Commonwealth record too.
I saw the first three words of the title and thought some lawsuit was being filed
Wouldn’t be Evans’ first brush with the law. Googling “Angharad Evans mugshot” yields some interesting results.
Let’s not oversell it. She mooned someone outside of student housing and most of the charges were dropped after she paid a small fine. It wasn’t that deep.