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Five British Men Clear 1:47 200 FR During Day 5 British Trials Prelims

Five Brits have cleared the nation’s Olympic qualifying men’s 200 free cut (1:46.99), with Scott, Dean, Richards, Guy, and Jarvis all 800 FR relay contenders.

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Why Adam Peaty Is Such A Good Closer In The 100 BR – And How He Keeps Improving

After his recent performance at British Trials, Peaty now owns six of the 10 fastest back-halfs in history in the men’s 100 breaststroke.

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Alicia Wilson, Jacob Peters Among New Names On British Olympic Roster

Cal swimmer Alicia Wilson grabbed a spot on the British consideration roster for Tokyo, hitting a QT in the women’s 200m IM.

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Lucy Hope’s Scottish Record Builds Case For British Women’s 400 Free Relay

Edinburgh athlete Lucy Hope produced the fastest 100 free of her life on night 4 of the British Olympic Selection Trials.

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Kathleen Dawson Cracks More than a Second off Scottish 200 Back Record

Kathleen Dawson (pictured above during ISL 2020) has now lowered the Scottish Record by more than four seconds in her career.

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2021 British Olympic Selection Trials – Day 4 Finals Live Recap

With only 2 more finals sessions to go, follow along here as racing gets underway on night 4 of the 2021 British Olympic Selection Trials.

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Ben Proud Nails 21.68 FR, Now World No. 3 at Day 4 British Trials Prelims

Ben Proud swam 21.68 in the 50 free, now No. 3 in the world this season behind Russian Vlad Morozov (21.41) and American Ryan Held (21.62).

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16-Year-Old Jacob Whittle Cranks Out 48.76 100 Meter Free in Long Course

16-year-old Jacob Whittle is now faster in the 100 freestyle than both Kyle Chalmers and Caeleb Dressel were at his age.

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British Consideration Roster Hits 19 Through 3 Days of Trials

18-year-old Matt Richards placed 2nd in the men’s 100m free tonight in London, getting under the consideration standard in the process.

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2021 British Olympic Selection Trials Day 3 Finals Live Recap

Duncan Scott already got under the Olympic consideration standard in the 100 free prelims, but let’s see what he has in store for tonight.

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2021 British Trials: Max Litchfield Hits 4:14 IM, Thomas/Stephens Swim 2:09 FL

Loughborough’s Max Litchfield needs to drop 1.2s off Britain’s 400 IM OLY qualifying standard of 4:13.47 to join brother Joe on the Tokyo Olympic team.

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2021 British Olympic Selection Trials Day 2 Finals Live Recap

James Guy snagged the top seed in the men’s 200m fly this morning in London and will try to add his name to the Olympic roster in the event tonight.

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Dawson and Wild Hit 100 BK British Qualifying Time During Day 2 Prelims

During the prelims of the women’s 100 back, Kathleen Dawson (59.16) and Cassie Wild (59.88) swam under Britain’s 1:00.23 Olympic qualifying time.

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Duncan Scott Swims 1:55.90 200 IM British Record, 11th Fastest Man In History

Scott became the first British man to get under 1:56 in the 200 IM with an Olympic-qualifying swim of 1:55.90 on day 1 of British Trials.

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British Consideration Roster Adds Joe Litchfield, Harriet Jones & More

Joe Litchfield beat out elder brother Max Litchfield to gain a spot on the British Swimming Olympic consideration roster in the men’s 200m IM.

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