Taking to the Paris pool for the first time on Saturday, Stephen Clegg lived up to his World Class tag by winning gold in the S12 100m Backstroke in a stunning new World Record. The event, where the University of Edinburgh swimmer has had multiple international successes including World Championship gold, was the first opportunity… Continue reading Clegg wins Paralympic Gold in new World Record
Month: August 2024
Paralympics Preview: Stephen Clegg
Stephen Clegg is a senior member of the British Para-Swimming team, whose focus and drive has secured him world records and multiple international medal success. Paris will be his third Paralympic Games and he has made it clear that he doesn’t want to settle for anything other than gold. After a break from the sport… Continue reading Paralympics Preview: Stephen Clegg
Paralympics Preview: Faye Rogers
Faye Rogers has taken the para-swimming world by storm, becoming a World Champion and European record holder in S10 100m butterfly, all in the space of 12 months of securing her para-swimming classification. Faye has always been a talented swimmer with a strong desire to achieve success on the world stage. Having competed at the… Continue reading Paralympics Preview: Faye Rogers
Paralympics Preview: Louis Lawlor
Louis Lawlor has been a member of the British Para-Swimming team since 2019 and has established himself as a popular team-mate amongst his peers. Paris will be his second Paralympic Games experience. Louis Lawlor started swimming at the age of five, quickly progressing to Temple Swimming Club, a local disability club, and then onto City… Continue reading Paralympics Preview: Louis Lawlor
Paralympics Preview: Toni Shaw
From the youngest member of Team Scotland for the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games to Paralympic bronze in Tokyo 3 years later, Toni Shaw continues to impress on the World Stage, and Paris, her second Paralympics, should be no different. Aberdeen-based Toni started swimming lessons at eight years old, and by the age of 14,… Continue reading Paralympics Preview: Toni Shaw
Reid secures Olympic Top 10 finish
Following an eight year absence from an individual Olympic final, Grace Reid put herself in the top 10 competitors in the Women’s 3m Springboard at the end of a thrilling three days of competition. After navigating through the highs and lows and prelims and semi-finals, Grace (Dive London) had secured a concrete placing in the… Continue reading Reid secures Olympic Top 10 finish
Grace Reid qualifies for 3m Olympic final
For the second time in her 14-year senior career, Grace Reid will appear in an individual Olympic final, after qualifying for tomorrow’s Women’s 3m Springboard Olympic final this morning. Exercising the demons of the Tokyo Olympics, where Grace failed to qualify for the same final, the Dive London athlete will look to secure her highest… Continue reading Grace Reid qualifies for 3m Olympic final
Olympics Preview: Grace Reid
Grace Reid is without doubt one of the most experienced divers on the British team and for the multi-international medallist, Paris will be her third consecutive Olympic Games. Edinburgh-born Grace, under the tutelage of coach Jen Leeming at Edinburgh Diving Club, first propelled herself onto the international stage when she was selected for the 2010… Continue reading Olympics Preview: Grace Reid
Curtain comes down on swimming competition of Paris Olympics
After ten days of fierce competition the curtain has come down on the (pool) swimming competition of the Paris Olympic Games. With British interest in the men’s 4x100m medley, the quartet of Ollie Morgan, Adam Peaty, Duncan Scott and Matt Richards looked to finish on a high, in one of the most hotly contested finals.… Continue reading Curtain comes down on swimming competition of Paris Olympics
Seventh place finish for mixed medley team  Â
Back in Tokyo on its Olympic debut, the mixed medley relay final ended with gold and a world record for the GB quartet of Kathleen Dawson, Adam Peaty, James Guy and Anna Hopkin. Three years later in Paris, Dawson and Hopkin were again involved, along with James Wilby and Duncan Scott. Choosing the same tactics… Continue reading Seventh place finish for mixed medley team  Â