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British Swimming has been left disappointed by yesterday's government announcement that swimming pools and leisure facilities will not reopen as part of the latest relaxation of lockdown restrictions.

Somewhere on an alternative timeline, the swimming programme at Tokyo 2020 would be less than a month away, but as it is, the postponement of the Olympic and Paralympic Games means we are nearly 13 months away from that day.

This year we celebrate the best of British aquatics in a slightly different format, focusing on a number of activities that transcended sporting achievement.

With just over a week to go until the British Swimming Selection Trials get underway in London, we are in a position to publish final entry lists.

Jack Burnell is calling time on a swimming career that has brought European and World Cup medals - and a rise to second in the marathon swimming world.

Britain's top marathon swimmers are ready to go in search of a Tokyo 2020 ticket as they compete in this weekend's FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier in Setubal, Portugal.

Chris Furber, British Para-Swimming's National Performance Director for more than eight years, has left British Swimming at the end of a memorable Paralympic year.

British Swimming can confirm our new-look World Class Leadership Team ahead of a packed aquatics calendar in 2022 and with the next Olympic and Paralympic cycle into Paris 2024 now well underway.

British Swimming acknowledges FINA's decision to host a 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, and to move the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan to July 2023.

Planning for April’s British Swimming Championships is continuing, as we look to hold the first fully open British Championships in two years.