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Well this aim of the selection policy is to "optimise medal outcomes.", so athletes like Kieran Bird would likely understand why they were not picked as they really have no chance of medalling or providing cover for a medal contending relay. Personally I think that the 100 fly leg on the relay shouldn't necessarily be given to an athlete at trials in April, as form can change dramatically since then. I think they take all 3, and I think the 30 selection limit still allows this, and then allows the most in form to swim on the relays, in order to maximise the "medal outcome".

Medi could cover, and Freya Colbert is also entered into to 100m free. Although you are right, depending on how Eva Okaro swims in the 100m she could definately take Laurens spot on the team. The point of this is to show that there is still room on the team to get both James Guy and Jacob Peters on the train despite performing poorly tonight.

This is my current take on the team with 2 days left. Currently Qualified 1. Keanna Macinnes (200m Fly) 2. Freya Colbert (200m Free + Relay + 400m IM) 3. Abbie Wood (200m Free + Relay) 4. Medi Harris (200m Free Relay) 5. Lucy Hope (200m Free Relay) 6.Adam Peaty (100m Breast + Medley Relay) 7. Oliver Morgan (100m Back + Medley Relay) 8. Kathleen Dawson (100m Back) 9. Dan Jervis (1500m Free) 10. Anna Hopkin (50m Free) 11. Max Litchfield (400m IM) 12. Matt Richards (100m Free + Relay) 13. Duncan Scott (100m Free + Relay + 200m IM) 14. Tom Dean (100m Free Relay) 15. Alex Cohoon (100m Free Relay) 16. Joe Litchfield (Medley Relay) 17. Honey Osrin (200m Back) Likely Qualifiers from the rest of the meet 18. Ben Proud (50m Free) 19. Luke Greenbank (200m Back) 20. Angharad Evans (100m Breast) 2nd Place finishers with consideration Times 21. Laura Stephens (200m Fly) 22. Jonathan Marshall (100m Back) 23. Katie Shanahan (400m IM + 200m Back) Likely 2nd Place finishers 24. Kara Hanlon (100m Breast) Likely Relay members 25. James Guy (200m Free relay) This leaves us with 5 slots to fill with discretionary swimmers, although I'm sure I may have missed someone further up. Currently, I would pick. 26. Freya Anderson 27. Jacob Whittle 28. Jacob Peters 29. James Wilby 30. Lauren Cox Have I missed anyone? Obviously shocks happen but this is the team I would currently take.

Would have won bronze in Fukuoka with that

Anyone know what happened to Sky Carter in the 50m free heats. I think she should be in a swim off for the final, which obviously now would not work, but she has dissappeared from the results.

Agreed, and I’m of the opinion that Freya would be in the top 30 anyway. The aim for Aquatics GB is medals, and so I would 100% put in Freya before Wilby or Bird.

Why not. Injuries happen, and even a not fully fit Freya could still be faster than Medi or Lucy.

Not really, you don’t take a squad of 4 for a medal contending relay.

I nearly had a heart attack.

One can assume she is trying to get as much race practice as possible in large meets, The schedule for these events isn't too bad. 200m free Day 1, 1500m free Day 2, 400m IM Day 3, 400m Free Day 4, 800m Day 6. She would only race once in the 800m and 1500m in the evening session. My guess is she swims the 200m free as a test as where she is at, before changing her schedule based on the 1500m. Freya not swimming the 200m back doesn't surprise me. She said in a podcast that she based her race last year off Katie's last year and wasn't really sure what she was doing. It would have been hard to make the team anyway with Osrin, Shanahan and Harris all competing. Come Paris, Matt Richards would have a big schedule if he qualifies for 50m free with all the relays he will likely be doing, so I guess it would have always been a matter of picking the 50m free or 100m fly. Overall, I'm really looking forward to trials and seeing what the swimmers can do. If James Guy can improve his 200m then the relay world record looks increasingly likely to go. Angharad Evans in the 100m breast could be important for the medley relay. Jacob Peters really impressed me at SC Euros last year, so I'm hoping he can break 51 at trials, same with Ollie Morgan (53 in the 100m back)

Lol, no bias at all. But in all seriousness there are a few countries where if everything went to plan they could win a serious chunk of the Golds. I.e Take any event on their own, and GB are medal contenders in 9/12. All 6 Women's + 3 Men's Endurance. Obviously never going to happen but cycling is one of the sports where if you contend in one you contend in others for the bigger nations.

If this is true, this is really frustrating, you'd think they would at least be able to send a team of development athletes, or even the ones that they don't think are good enough for the olympics despite having qualified.

Strange, Jemma Reekie said she wanted to run the 1500m there.

Honestly I disagree, the 4x100m medley has to be a worse chance at a medal than the 4x100m free. The best time for the 4x100m free would be Anna Hopkin (52.5) - she split 52.00 in Tokyo, Freya Anderson (52.51) - 2023 Worlds Abbie Wood (53.23) - 2020 Olympics Lucy Hope (53.53) - 2023 Worlds Cumulative time 3:31.77 - Would have won silver at 2023 Worlds The best times for the 4x100m medley in a best case scenario Cox/Harris 59 low (59.3) Evans 1.05 mid (1:05.5) Maccines 57 mid (57.5) - Flat start PB 57.97 Hopkin 52.00 Cumulative time - 3:54.3 - Would have been 0.2 off Bronze in Fukuoka. Personally, I think I am being more generous on the medley times than the free ones, so I can't see how the 4x100 free should not be the focus for British swimming.

The same 4x100 free that came 4th in Fukuoka

I hope, they change the team limit. They changed the selection criteria for last years worlds during the national champs so you never know. In terms of the team, this is who I would predict to make it based on current form. Men's 50m Freestyle - (21.88 QT) - Ben Proud, Lewis Burras Men's 100m Freestyle - (48.06 QT) - Matt Richards, Lewis Burras Men's 200m Freestyle - (1:45.96 QT) - Tom Dean, Matt Richards Men's 400m Freestyle - (3:45.43 QT) - None Men's 800m Freestyle - (7:47.81 QT) - Dan Jervis Men's 1500m Freestyle - (14:54.29 QT) - Dan Jervis Men's 100m Backstroke - (53.68 QT) - Oliver Morgan, Luke Greenbank Men's 200m Backstroke - (1:57.28 QT) - Luke Greenbank, Oliver Morgan Men's 100m Breaststroke - (59.45 QT) - Adam Peaty, James Wilby Men's 200m Breaststroke - (2:08.29 QT) - James Wilby Men's 100m Butterfly - (51.56 QT) - James Guy, Jacob Peters Men's 200m Butterfly - (1:54.97 QT) - James Guy?? Men's 200m IM - (1:57.49 QT) - Duncan Scott, Tom Dean Men's 400m IM - (4:11.90 QT) - Max Litchfield Men's 4x100m Freestyle - (3:13.04 QT) - Tom Dean, Duncan Scott, Matt Richards, Lewis Burras, Jacob Whittle Men's 4x200m Freestyle - (7:07.40 QT) - Tom Dean, Duncan Scott, Matt Richards, James Guy, Joe Litchfield Men's 4x100m Medley - (3:33.15 QT) - Oliver Morgan, Adam Peaty, James Guy, Matt Richards. Women's 50m Freestyle - (24.65 QT) - Anna Hopkin Women's 100m Freestyle - (53.55 QT) - Anna Hopkin, Freya Anderson Women's 200m Freestyle - (1:56.85 QT) - Freya Anderson, Freya Colbert Women's 400m Freestyle - (4.04.98 QT) - None Women's 800m Freestyle - (8:25.84 QT) - Amelie Blocksidge?? Women's 1500m Freestyle - (16:01.95 QT) - Amelie Blocksidge, Fleur Lewis?? Women's 100m Backstroke - (59.89 QT) - Medi Harris, Lauren Cox Women's 200m Backstroke - (2:08.91 QT) - Katie Shanahan, Honey Osrin Women's 100m Breaststroke - (1:06.31 QT) - Angharad Evans, Kara Hanlon?? Women's 200m Breaststroke - (2:23.04 QT) - Angharad Evans?? Women's 100m Butterfly - (57.17 QT) - None (This time is quicker than the national record) Women's 200m Butterfly - (2:07.96 QT) - Laura Stephens, Emily Large Women's 200m IM - (2:10.62 QT) - Abbie Wood, Katie Shanahan Women's 400m IM - (4:37.84 QT) - Freya Colbert, Katie Shanahan Women's 4x100m Freestyle (3:36.40 QT) - Anna Hopkin, Freya Anderson, Lucy Hope, Abbie Wood, Evelyn Davies??? Women's 4x200m Freestyle (7:51.89 QT) - Freya Anderson, Freya Colbert, Abbie Wood, Lucy Hope, Medi Harris Women's 4x100m Medley (3:56.89 QT) - Medi Harris, Angharad Evans, Harriet Jones, Anna Hopkin Mixed 4x100m Medley (3:44.10 QT) - Medi Harris, Adam Peaty, James Guy, Anna Hopkin Total - 14 Male + 17 Female (31) Obviously some of these may be a stretch, but similarly there could be others who I have missed out, but I would expect the team to be around this number, maybe slightly higher depending on relay squads.

UK sport released a list of major events they want to host in the next decade. https://www.uksport.gov.uk/-/media/files/events/confidential-uk-sport-international-event-hosting-opportunities-march-2024.ashx?la=en&hash=C1340F6E1FD212E2B309E76C1927150C On first glance it looks promising, especially the amount of team sports world cups, as well as sports where GB aren't as strong, such as climbing/weightlifting. However, my biggest peeve has to be the lack of swimming events. Behind cycling, it brought home the most Golds in Tokyo, but the UK has never hosted a world championships. Obviously I'm biased but I think we need to host some aquatics championships in the near future.

Are the judges affiliated to a political party? In the UK, we have elections for Police and Crime Commissioners (baisically the leader of the police in a region), and they normally stand for a party, which for me I hate as I feel we need to keep politics and beaurocracy out of certain aspects of life.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/68463924

Even the last olympics qualifier was better than this one, and that was held in 2 different countries a year apart.

Does anyone have the schedule of events?

I don’t mind Russian athletes who are against the war competing, but I disagree with those athletes who are pro war competing. One could definately argue that the war in Ukraine is a more clear cut conflict, with Russia being the agressor, wheras Israel and Hamas are both at fault. If there were any Israeli athletes who said they supported the conflict then they deserve to be booed, and the same for any Palestinians. Gorbenko’s family is from Ukraine, and so I have no doubt she knows the loss that is involved in a conflict. If you go by principle and you ban Israel because you ban Russia, then really you should ban Palestinians too, and then you go down a rabbit hole where everyone is banned and everyone hates each other. This booing only adds to this hate, and really, this polarisation of groups is contributing to increased violence in the world, so the booing needs to stop for everyone.

I'm not "talking shit", I'm just giving my perspective. I don't agree with the war, and to be honest I'm not a fan of either Israel or Palestine, but you can't say that she doesn't care about 2 million lives, it's just that what can she do to change it. Sport and politics always mix, for better or for worse, but booing someone for where they are born is blatant racism. In 1974, Iran hosted the Asian games, but the then Dictator said that there should be no marathon as it is based on Christianity and not Islamic, so you can't really say the West is the only one mixing sport and politics. Another point which fascinates me is that 'Qataris don't care about swimming'. If that is the case, then why are the worlds being held here if there is no domestic fanbase. Oh wait, you guessed it money and politics, which further accentuates my point that sport and politics will always be intertwined, but that racism and this kind of behaviour towards an individual for where she was born is never OK.

Bit rich, ever heard of ISIS or Al Quaeda, or the Taliban. But that's not the point, Anastasia Gorbenko is not a Israel fighter, she is a 20 year old who should be happy she has won a world medal for the first time, but that experience has ruined it.

Not sure where to put this, but Amelie Blocksidge swam some fast times this week to open her season at the Lancashire county champs. 100m Freestyle - 59.23 200m Freestyle - 2:04.44 400m Freestyle - 4:15.84 800m Freestyle - 8:34.74 1500m Freestyle - 16:10.04 200m Fly - 2:18.66 200m IM - 2:20.18 400m IM - 4:48.06.