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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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Rylov Impresses At Day 2 Prelims of Russian Olympic Trials

Evgeny Rylov posted an 8th ranked 53.25 in the 100 back this morning, putting him well under the Russian Olympic qualifying standard.

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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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GBR’s Timothy Shuttleworth Is At A Loss For Words After 1500 Gold

Timothy Shuttleworth’s excitement is infectious, as the 18-year-old rocked a gold medal-winning performance in the men’s 1500m freestyle at the 2016 British Olympic Trials.

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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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Siobhan-Marie O’Connor Happy To Be On The Plane To Rio (Video)

Siobhan-Marie O’Connor nabbed a spot on the British roster for Rio with her 200 IM outing tonight.

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Ben Proud: “You Can’t Back Off At The Olympics”

Ben Proud lowered his own British Record in the men’s 50m freestyle while competing at his nation’s Olympic Trials in Glasgow. Catch his post-race interview here.

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GBR Olympic Selection Tracking: Day 5 Stats

3 swimmers clocked British Olympic-qualifying times in Glasgow tonight. Check out the list of who’s in with one more day of competition left.

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2016 British Olympic Trials Day 5 Finals Live Recap: Carlin Makes It Happen

After missing out on the 200 free and 800 free individual qualifying marks, Bath University’s Jazmin Carlin claimed an Olympic berth in the women’s 400 freestyle race tonight in Glasgow.

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Danish Open Day 4: Joensen Roars to Second Straight Olympics

Danish Open Day 4 2016 (Olympic, European Championship and European Junior Championship Qualifying) April 13-17, Bellahøj Swimming Stadium Prelims: 10…

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Krasnykh Stands as Lone Olympic Qualifier on Day 1 of Russian Trials

Aleksdandr Krasnykh was not expected to make the Russian Olympic Team in the 400 free, but he showed up and had the swim-of-his-life on Saturday evening in Moscow.

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Watch Ben Proud Rock 21.65 British Record In 50 Free Prelims

Catch him if you can! Ben Proud scores new British Record in 50 free, clocking 21.65 in Glasgow this morning.

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2016 Russian Championships: Day 1 Finals Real-Time Recaps

There’s not much expectation for day 1’s finals, but in the men’s 100 breaststroke semi-finals, Kirill Prigoda will try and regain his 2015 record-breaking form after qualifying just 11th in prelims.

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Ben Proud Breaks British 50 Free Record in Saturday Prelims

Ben Proud knocked another tenth-of-a-second from his British Record in the 50 free.

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