Gabriel Shepherd and Patryk Przyczyna have been among the standout performers in recent days at the Swim England National Winter Championships in Sheffield, where they combined to set three British junior short-course records. In a meet largely dominated by senior performances – with three national records falling overall – the two young British swimmers managed to steal some of the spotlight, etching their names into the history books of age-group swimming in the UK. Read more Read More
Cameron Brooker, Edward Mildred and Tyler Melbourne Smith have each lowered a British short-course record in recent days at the Winter Championships held in Sheffield.Across just a handful of races, national benchmarks fell in the men’s 200m backstroke, 200m butterfly and 800m freestyle, some by significant margins. These swims go far beyond the simple notion of record-breaking, reshaping the British all-time standings in their respective events and underlining a particularly rich moment for short-course swimming in the United Kingdom. Read more Read More
On the penultimate night of the 2025 European Short Course Championships in Lublin, the british team enjoyed a standout evening thanks to two of its marquee names. Matt Richards and Ollie Morgan each lowered a national record, underlining their status as leaders of a squad brimming with confidence. Richards rewrote the British standard in the 100m freestyle while claiming bronze, and Morgan dipped under the national mark in the 50m backstroke to book his place in tonight’s final. Two world-class performances that lit up a highly successful session for the British contingent. Read more Read More
With the 2025 European Short Course Championships fast approaching in Lublin from 2–7 December, the british swimming federation unveiled a 17-strong squad blending seasoned international campaigners with rising prospects at a pivotal moment in the next Olympic cycle. The selection naturally features many of the established names who have underpinned Britain’s success in recent years, but all eyes inevitably turn to one newcomer whose emergence has been impossible to ignore for several months: Filip Nowacki, the teenage breaststroke specialist who will make his debut on the senior stage. Read more Read More
After an opening day highlighted by Amalie Smith’s silver medal in the women’s 400m individual medley and a flurry of personal bests across the British squad, Team GB carried their momentum into the second day of competition at the World Junior Swimming Championships in Otopeni. The undoubted highlight came in the men’s breaststroke, with Filip Nowacki storming to the world junior title in the 100m and compatriot Max Morgan joining him on the podium with bronze. Yet beyond that golden moment, there were numerous other performances worth noting. From the gruelling multi-event schedule of Theodora Taylor to a mixed medley relay settled by just three hundredths of a second, Britain’s youngsters once again demonstrated that they can hold their own against the very best on the world stage. Read more Read More
