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Soundwell awarded Summer Champs Club of the Year honours

The 2023 British Summer Championships saw a whole host of new champions crowned, medallists taking to the podium and personal best times smashed.

15 Sep 2023

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Olympic swimming coaching team applications open

Applications for the Paris 2024 Olympic swimming coaching team are open, as the countdown to the Games continues.

13 Sep 2023

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Pardoe breaks 26-year old Windermere End-to-End Swim Record

Tokyo 2020 Olympian Hector Pardoe has set a new record for the fastest swim from end to end of Windermere, solidifying his position as a growing force in the world of marathon swimming and raising money for charity in the process.

5 Sep 2023

Top-five finishes round-off exceptional Worlds for swimmers

Great Britain's Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay team rounded off a hugely successful World Aquatics Championships for British Swimming in the pool and across the aquatic disciplines with a fifth-place finish on the final night in Fukuoka, as Freya Colbert and Katie Shanahan provided the last individual British involvement in Japan.

30 Jul 2023

Top-five finishes round-off exceptional Worlds for swimmers

30 Jul 2023

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Marathon team selected for European Junior Championships

Seven British swimmers will set foot onto the pontoon for the 2023 LEN European Junior Open Water Championships in Corfu, Greece at the end of September.

18 Aug 2023

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Brits round out European U23s campaign in style

Great Britain rounded off their time at the first-ever LEN European U23 Swimming Championships by taking a total of 13 medals – including a quintet of European golds – and gaining valuable experience ahead of an Olympic year across three days of exciting competition in Dublin.

16 Aug 2023

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Tributes paid to Olympian Helen Smart

British Swimming are deeply saddened to hear of the death of Olympian Helen Smart (née Helen Don-Duncan).

14 Aug 2023

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MacInnes makes golden start to U23's as Britain take six medals

Keanna MacInnes stormed to victory in the Women's 100m Butterfly as Great Britain took six medals on a stunning opening night of racing at the LEN European U23 Swimming Championships – kicking off the three-day competition by topping the medal tally in Dublin.

12 Aug 2023

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Swimmers ready for European U23s action in Dublin

The stage is set in Dublin for the inaugural LEN European U23 Swimming Championships, which take place from 11th-13th at the Sport Ireland National Aquatics Centre, as an 18-strong British team looks to achieve further success in this packed summer and ahead of an all-important Olympic year.

10 Aug 2023

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Great Britain's junior athletes excel at EYOF

Great Britain’s junior swimmers finished third in the swimming medal table at the 2023 European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Maribor – amassing a total of fifteen medals across five days of high-quality racing in the Slovenian city.

1 Aug 2023

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Brilliant bronzes for Britain on penultimate day

Great Britain’s Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay team took the bronze medal in a new European record time to close the penultimate day of competition at the World Championships in Fukuoka, as Ben Proud also added to the overall medal tally with a bronze of his own in the Men’s 50m Freestyle.

29 Jul 2023

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Fukuoka 2023: What's On?

Find out all the details on how to tune into live coverage of the World Aquatics Championships 2023 in Fukuoka, along with results, reports and daily schedules.

29 Jul 2023

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Men's 4x200m team on top of the world again

Duncan Scott, Matt Richards, James Guy and Tom Dean combined to take Great Britain’s second gold medal of the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in the swimming, as they put in an exceptional performance to come out on top in the Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay on the sixth day of pool action in Fukuoka.

28 Jul 2023

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British Summer Championships: Day Seven

The 4x100m Medley Relays brought the curtain down on the British Summer Championships for 2023, with 28 gold medal handed out on the final night in Sheffield.

28 Jul 2023