2024 Swimming GB Championships (Olympic Trials)
heat sheet
order of events
- Men's 800 Freestyle
- Women's 100 Butterfly
- Men's 200m breaststroke
- Men's 50 Freestyle
- Women's 200 Individual Medley
Hey everyone! ! ! Two things:
- Let's all take back the “channel”
- It's the penultimate night of the 2024 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships.
I think there may be more news on the second point, so let's start there. If you have time, you can go back to the first point.
The night begins with the fastest heat of the men's 800 free. Defending champion and 1500m winner, Daniel Jarvisis not on the start list, so the top honors are: tobias robinson. The Loughborough University swimmer has nothing to lose tonight as he has already qualified for the Open Water Olympics with a personal best second place in the 1500m. 1500 3rd and 4th place players, alexander sargent and tyler melbourne smithall three will try to get on the podium in the 800 meters as they chase the tough nomination standard of 7:47.80.
Although several swimmers have broken this time, no British swimmer has ever surpassed the nomination standard in the women's 100 fly. With the Japanese record set by Ellen Gandy In 2009, the time was 57.25 seconds, so it will be quite a challenge for the Paris Final swimmers to swim faster than the recommended standard of 57.17 seconds. But that doesn't mean they won't try, with four women breaking 59.00 seconds this morning. At the forefront of the attack are harriet joneswho recorded a time of 58.44 seconds this morning, was quickly followed by the next competitor. Kianna Machineness, Lucy Grieveand laura stevens. The women's 100m chest and her 100m freestyle are yet to be decided, but the winner of this event will aim to post a fast time to qualify. Kathleen Dawson 4×100 medley.
From the 100 fly, we move on to two men's events: the 200 breaststroke and the 50 free. In both events, swimmers strive to earn a ticket to Paris. James Wilby and Gregory Butler led the way in the 200m breaststroke, both swimming in 2 minutes 12 seconds this morning. The 50 free will be a tough battle, but stay tuned. Ben Proud He swam the only sub-22 time this morning, reaching the wall in 21.70 seconds and was top dog, giving him the lead of the pack. The battle for second place will be fierce. david cumberridge, alexander painterand Luis Barras Everyone will fight for discretionary consideration, but matt richards Try to add a second individual event.
In Tokyo, abby wood She placed fourth in the 200 IM and hopes to improve on that result, but first she has to qualify tonight.She ran her fastest time this morning and hit the wall at 2:11.33, but she has to fend off the 400 IM winner Freya Colbert and 2nd place swimmer katie shanahan.
Men’s 800 Freestyle – Fast Heat
- World Record: 7:32.12 – Zhang Lin, China (2009)
- British record: 7:44.32 – David Davis (2009)
- 2021 Champion: Daniel Jarvis – 7:50.33
- Nomination criteria: 7:47.80
- OLY A/B Standard: 7:51.65/7:54.01
Top 8:
- Tobias Robinson (Ruboro College) – 7:51.51
- Tyler Melbourne Smith (Rivolo College) – 7:59.59
- Reese Grady (Stockport, Missouri) – 7:59.71
- Alexander Sargent (Millfield) – 8:03.91
- Luke Hornsey (University of Edinburgh) – 8:06.04
- Joseph Dahan (Swansea University) – 8:10.78
- Thomas Trebilcock (Swansea University) – 8:11.67
- Harry Wyn Jones (Milton Keynes Co) – 8:17.06
The nomination standard of 7:47.80 has always been demanding for a 10km open water swimmer, but Tobias Robinson certainly did his best. Robinson led from start to finish, opening up a two-second lead at the 200-meter mark. There was a five-second difference at the halfway point, and Robinson turned it around in 3:54.45.
Robinson won by a huge margin of over 8 seconds and hit the wall with a huge personal best time of 7:51.51, extending his lead even further. His previous best time was actually an 800 split in the 1500 with a time of 7:53.89. Although it was not up to the standard, it was below the Olympic qualifying time (A cut) of 7 minutes 51.65 seconds, so theoretically it is possible to swim this event, and although she could not swim tonight's event, she set the fastest time. So was Dan Jarvis. It is enough for him to be under the A cut time even within the qualifying period.
The battle for second place was close, with just 0.12 seconds separating Tyler Melbourne-Smith and Reece Grady. Grady was 0.42 seconds faster in the final 100, but didn't have enough space to corner his opponent.
Women's 100 Butterfly – Final
- World record: 55.48 – Sara Sjöström, Sweden (2016)
- British record: 57.25 – Ellen Gandy (2009)
- 2021 Champion: Harriet Jones – 57.79
- Nomination criteria: 57.17
- OLY A/B Standard: 57.92/58.21
Top 8:
Men’s 200m Breaststroke – Final
- World Record: 2:05.48 – Qin Haiyang, China (2023)
- British record: 2:07.30 – Ross Murdoch (2014)
- 2021 Champion: James Wilby – 2:08.06
- Nomination criteria: 2:08.95
- OLY A/B Standard: 2:09.68/2:10.33
Top 8:
Men’s 50 Freestyle – Final
- World record: 20.91 – Cesar Cielo, Brazil (2009)
- British record: 21.11 – Ben Proud (2018)
- 2021 Champion: Ben Proud – 21:42
- Nomination criteria: 21.88
- OLY A/B Standard: 21.96/22.07
Top 8:
Women’s 200 IM – Final
- World record: 2:06.12 – Katinka Hossu, Hungary (2015)
- British record: 2:06.88 – Siobhan-Marie O’Connor (2016)
- 2021 Champion: Abby Wood – 2:09.23
- Nomination criteria: 2:10.62
- OLY A/B Standard: 2:11.47/2:12.13
Top 8:
