TeamGB

1. M - 400m IM
2. M - 4x200m Free
3. W - Triathlon
4. W - Madison
5. W - BMX Race.
 
 
 
328. M - Breaking
329. W - Breaking
 

Why don’t you protest and boycott saying anything swimming related for 6 months.

Why don’t you protest and boycott saying anything swimming related for 6 months.

1. M - 400m IM
2. M - 4x200m Free
3. W - Triathlon
4. W - Madison
5. W - BMX Race.
 
 
 
328. M - Breaking
329. W - Breaking
 

1. M - 400m IM
2. M - 4x200m Free
3. W - Triathlon
4. W - Madison
5. W - BMX Race.
 
 
 
328. M - Breaking
329. W - Breaking
 

Lukas Märtens 400m Freestyle 3:40,33 at the German National Championships in Berlin. 

Why don’t you protest and boycott saying anything swimming related for 6 months.

I guess, but behind Marchand the depth is weak and really any of the qualifiers could medal, whereas in the 400m free is insanely strong and there are relatively few athletes who could medal.

I guess, but behind Marchand the depth is weak and really any of the qualifiers could medal, whereas in the 400m free is insanely strong and there are relatively few athletes who could medal.

Why don’t you protest and boycott saying anything swimming related for 6 months.

This whole situation is a bit of a mess, and I think all sides need to come forward and explain what has happened so a proper investigation can take place.

The think that frustrates me the most is that is has been swept under the rug for so long. I'm sure that many of the Chinese swimmers are clean, and the progression shown by Chinese swimming/swimmers is not improbable, but now that this has happened the perception of many swimmers may have been tarnished (unfairly or not). 
 
The fact that it took 3 years for this information to come out indicates some dodgy business going on, and the consequences could be dire and should hopefully stir some debate into large scale doping in sport, where I feel the focus has been on Russia for too long.
 

no, it's from Today's relays, internal leg just means that they were in 2nd, 3rd or 4th leg

No Freya Anderson. You were wrong.
No Kieran Bird. You were wrong.
Team under 30 because of cutbacks, wrong wrong wrong

Despite getting thrashed in all 3 of our games, I'm quite pleased with our performance this week. We got into double figures against Hungary and Japan and created some good opportunities for ourselves that we unfortunately couldn't convert, which is more than I expected us to do. This is a sport that needs a lot of development in our country, and this is certainly a start to seeing us become competitive whilst trying to qualify for major championships. Just like with our Water Polo teams, this could be the boost we need to go on and qualify for Brisbane and 2036 - which should be our target off the back of this. 

As much as I am a fan of world taekwondo for creating a interesting sport with clear rules and easy to follow for the viewer, I have to say that their qualification system is one of the worst.
 
Personally I don’t think there should be a limit on the number of athletes who can qualify for a team. Imagine being the 6th ranked fighter in the world and not qualifying because there are 2 other athletes in different weight classes are higher ranked for you.
 
And this one is a gripe which can be applied to other sports as well. The Individual neutral Athletes are baisically a team, no matter how hard people try to spin it in neutrality. They even have their own flag, so surely these limits on athletes participation should apply to them, but they don’t.
 
And on a side note their website is appalling.
 
 

As much as I am a fan of world taekwondo for creating a interesting sport with clear rules and easy to follow for the viewer, I have to say that their qualification system is one of the worst.
 
Personally I don’t think there should be a limit on the number of athletes who can qualify for a team. Imagine being the 6th ranked fighter in the world and not qualifying because there are 2 other athletes in different weight classes are higher ranked for you.
 
And this one is a gripe which can be applied to other sports as well. The Individual neutral Athletes are baisically a team, no matter how hard people try to spin it in neutrality. They even have their own flag, so surely these limits on athletes participation should apply to them, but they don’t.
 
And on a side note their website is appalling.
 
 

The words: "The zionists will pay/be destroyed/etc etc!"
 
The move: hijack a boat with 20 workers from the Philipines.
 
 
 
 

Normally the morning sessions aren't livestreamed anywhere, even at the world championships.

Yulimar Rojas (athletics) 
 
Reigning Olympic Champion in women’s triple jump, reigning World Record holder, reigning 4x World Champion and widely considered as the best athlete all time in this event, but won’t be defending her title at Paris after suffering an achilles injury during training. Wide open for the gold medal now. 

I am sure at some point over the next few days a certain poster will be online saying that GB will not be sending a team to World Relays because of budget constraints at UK Athletics. I sincerely encourage you to ignore him. 

Overall I have really enjoyed this meet, and I have enjoyed the integration of the para and able bodied swimmers. 
 
The para swimmers have put on a great show with some truly world class times. 
As a summary, I thought I'd go through the para swimming prospects for Paris, and give the times which would have won medals at last years worlds.
 
Men's 100m Freestyle S12 - Silver
Men's 200m Freestyle S14 - Gold
Men's 400m Freestyle S6 - Bronze
Men's 100m Backstroke S12 - Gold
Men's 100m Backstroke S14 - Bronze
Men's 100m Butterfly S12 - Gold
Men's 100m Butterfly S14 - Silver
Men's 200m IM S6 - Bronze
Men's 200m IM S14 - Bronze
 
Women's 50m Freestyle S8 - Silver
Women's 100m Freestyle S5 - Gold
Women's 200m Freestyle S5 - Gold
Women's 200m Freestyle S14 - Gold, Silver + Bronze
Women's 400m Freestyle S8 - Gold
Women's 400m Freestyle S10 - Bronze
Women's 50m Backstroke S3 - Gold
Women's 50m Backstroke S5 - Silver
Women's 100m Backstroke S8 - Gold
Women's 100m Backstroke S14 - Gold, Silver + Bronze
Women's 100m Butterfly S8 - Bronze
Women's 100m Butterfly S10 - Gold + Bronze
Women's 100m Butterfly S14 - Gold + Silver
Women's 100m Breaststroke S5 - Silver
Women's 100m Breaststroke S6 - Gold
Women's 100m Breaststroke S7 - Gold
Women's 100m Breaststroke S8 - Gold
Women's 100m Breaststroke S13 - Silver
Women's 100m Breaststroke S14 - Bronze
Women's 200m IM S6 - Gold
Women's 200m IM S8 - Gold
Women's 200m IM S14 - Gold + Bronze
 
Mixed 4x100m Freestyle S14 - Gold
 
Overall, that results in 19 Golds, 9 Silvers and 11 Bronzes. For comparison, we got 8 Golds, 9 Silvers and 9 Bronzes in Tokyo

Is this from the same source that said we are not sending a team to the European Athletics champs.
 
Why would they not send the relay when 3/4 athletes are already selected and I have no doubt that Angharad gets the time tonight.

Will do a massive update on all the athletes qualified since my last update at the start of March after tomorrow's races. 

Noe Ponti just popped a 50.16 in the 100 fly at Swiss Champs!!