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Key British Swimmers Wait For Rio Roster Determination On April 22nd

Fran Halsall is one British swimmer who earned a national title, but was unable to clock the tougher-than-FINA-A-cut qualifying standard determined by her nation’s swimming federation. She’ll learn on Thursday if she makes the team by secondary criteria.

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British Trials Post-Mortem: How They Killed Their Own Momentum

James Guy was one of the few Brits to swim well this past week

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Watch 2016 British Olympic Trials Day 6 Finals

If you missed the final day of the British Olympic Trials you can watch them here…

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GBR Olympic Selection Tracking: Day 6 Stats

On the final night of competition at the British Olympic Trials James Guy was the only athlete to swim faster than the Olympic qualifying time…

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Guy ‘Over the Moon’ With His Performance in the 200 Freestyle (Video)

James Guy told British Swimming that he was ‘over the moon’ with his time of 1:45.19 in the 200 freestyle…

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O’Connor Not Overly Happy With Her Performances at Trials (Video)

Despite winning three events at the trials Siobhan-Marie O’Connor expressed her disappointment in her performances over the last week…

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Thomas Surprised Herself Winning the 100 Butterfly (Video)

Alys Thomas finished second in the 200 butterfly hitting the wall just five one-hundredths of a second behind Aimee Willmott….

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Greenbank Talks About Winning the 200 Backstroke for the First Time

The men’s 200 backstroke champion Luke Greenbank expressed his joy after finally winning the event after finishing third in this event at the last two British Championships…

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2016 British Olympic Trials Day 6 Finals Live Recaps

Olympic team spots in four events up for grabs on the final night of British Olympic Trials…

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Watch 2016 British Olympic Trials Day 6 Prelims

Didn’t catch the final day’s worth of prelims in Glasgow? Watch the races now via the stream playback.

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Scottish Swimmer Jak Scott Announces Retirement

Best wishes to Scotland’s Jak Scott (right), as he announced his retirement earlier today.

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2016 British Olympic Trials Day 6 Prelims Recap: Men’s 200 Free Brawl

Reigning 200 freestyle World Champion, James Guy, competes in the event today in Glasgow.

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GBR Olympic Trials: Day Five Full Session Race Videos

Re-live all the action from Glasgow with the playback of tonight’s (day 5) finals session.

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Jazmin Carlin: “This Means Everything”

The 3rd race was the charm for Jazmin Carlin, as the Bath University swimmer nabbed a British Olympic-qualifying time in the women’s 400m freestyle in Glasgow tonight.

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Pavoni “Did Everything He Could”, Still Falls Short Of GBR OLY Team

Winner of the 200 IM tonight in Glasgow, Loughborough University’s Roberto Pavoni clocked a FINA “A” cut, but fell short of the must stricter British Olympic-qualifying time.

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