European Swimming, day four as it happened
Gemma Spofforth leads Lizzie Simmonds to another British backstroke one-two as Rebecca Adlington struggles in the pool on day four of swimming’s European Championships in Hungary.
European Swimming, day three as it happened
Fran Halsall takes gold in the women’s 100m freestyle final on day three of swimming’s European Championships in Hungary.
Davies returning to training in Wales
Olympic silver medallist David Davies is returning home to fine tune his preparations for an open water swimming medal upgrade at London 201
London 2012 Olympics qualifying: Swimming
How the British team are doing and what hopefuls must do to qualify
London Olympics 2012: two years to go
Today marks two years until the start of London 2012. A breathtaking series of events are planned to mark the milestone, including the launch of a volunteering programme and the opening of the first official shop. Follow the thrills and spills here 3.54pm: Right, that’s it. Most of the activities celebrating the fact the games [...]
Olympic visit thrills Laybourne
Olympic swimming hopeful Jacob Laybourne visits the London 2012 site in his role as a Champion Ambassador for the UK School Games.
Olympic swimmers choose Edinburgh
Britain’s Olympic swimming team choose Edinburgh for their final training camp ahead of the 2012 event in London.
The pitiful Olympic mascots sum up this sorry affair | Catherine Bennett
It seems all that counts in 2012 is getting gold medals. So forget any proper investment in sport Weirdly, it was then thought, Tony Blair chose to launch his 2001 manifesto in a school: St Saviour’s and St Olave’s, Southwark. Perhaps forgetting the traditional affinity between deranged leaders and parties of dumbstruck children, Clare Short [...]
Wada fails to increase Hardy ban
Jessica Hardy is cleared to continue swimming after the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) loses an appeal to double her ban from one to two years.
GB Paralympian given doping ban
Paralympic swimming champion Heather Frederiksen is given a six-month ban by the International Paralympic Committee for failing a drug test.
