2024 Swimming GB Championships (Olympic Trials)
heat sheet
order of events
- Women's 1500 Fastest Heat
- Men's 200 Butterfly
- Women's 200 Breaststroke
- Men's 100 backstroke
- Women's 100 Backstroke
Hello, Governors. His second day at Aquatics GB is about to begin. It's an interesting program that starts with the longest event on the program and gets shorter as the night progresses.
We will start with the women's 1500 freestyle. Amelie Blocksidge Top seed. Last year, she burst into the spotlight by winning the British Championships. She hopes to defend her title and swim below her self-imposed Swimming GB nomination standard of 16:01.95.next to her fleur louisHe recently broke a massive personal record in December and is looking to repeat that success here in London.
The men's 200 fly will feature a number of new athletes, and the event appears to be wide open to participants. Leading the way is thomas bealeyAlthough she is the only swimmer to have clocked a sub-2:00 time this morning, she still has a way to go to beat the standard of 1:54.97, and only two other Brits have achieved this feat.
The women's 200m breaststroke will soon follow. Kara Hanlonis aiming for third place in 2021 and a place on the Olympic team for the first time. The Scot has a personal best of 2:25.12 and will need to beat that to beat his qualifying time.
The night ends with the men's and women's 100 backstroke.Both events look to be a dogfight as the men's event suddenly becomes very competitive and the women's event has a European record holder back Kathleen Dawson.
Oliver Morgan He led the boys with a qualifying swim of 52.87 seconds, making him the second fastest in the country. Johnny Marshall, Matthew Ward, luke greenbankand brody williams Everyone will look better this morning.
Dawson, who swam 59.81 seconds this morning, was flanked by lauren cox Tonight, Mehdi Harris and the Scotsman will be dethroned and each aim to earn a ticket to Paris. Harris, who placed third in the 200m freestyle last night, has already been named to the team as a member of the 4x200m free relay.
Women’s 1500 Freestyle – Fast Heat
- World Record: 15:20.48 – Katie Ledecky, USA (2018)
- British record: 15:47.26 – Jazmin Carlin (2013)
- 2021 Champion: Leah Crisp – 16:46.09
- Nomination criteria: 16:01.95
- OLY A/B Standard: 16:09.09/16:13.94
Top 8:
Men’s 200 Butterfly – Final
- World record: 1:50.34 – Krzysztof Mikak, Hungary (2022)
- British record: 1:54.58 – Michael Locke (2009)
- 2021 Champion: James Guy – 1:55.20
- Nomination criteria: 1:54.97
- OLY A/B Standard: 1:55.78/1:56.36
Top 8:
Women’s 200 Breaststroke – Final
- World record: 2:17.55 – Evgenia Chikunova, Russia (2023)
- British record: 2:20.89 – Molly Renshaw (2021)
- 2021 Champion: Molly Renshaw – 2:20.89
- Nomination criteria: 2:23.04
- OLY A/B Standard: 2:23.91/2:24.63
Top 8:
Men’s 100 Backstroke – Finals
- World record: 51.60 – Thomas Ceccon, Italy (2022)
- British record: 52.73 – Liam Tancock (2009)
- 2021 Champion: Joe Litchfield – 54.04
- Nomination criteria: 53.68
- OLY A/B Standard: 53.74/54.01
Top 8:
Women’s 100 Backstroke – Final
- World Record: 57.33 – Kayleigh McKeown, Australia (2023)
- British record: 58.08 – Kathleen Dawson (2021)
- 2021 Champion: Kathleen Dawson – 58.24
- Nomination criteria: 59.89
- OLY A/B Standard: 59.99/1:00.29
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