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
Sensational silver for Duncan Scott
Duncan Scott produced another outstanding swim in the final of the 200m IM, to win silver and bring his Olympic medal tally up to eight – two golds and six silvers (so far) from three Games. The atmosphere at the Paris La Defense Arena was electric with plenty of French interest in the finals, including… Continue reading Sensational silver for Duncan Scott
Fifth place finish for relay girls in Olympic final
An impressive performance from lane one, saw the British quartet of Freya Colbert, Abbie Wood, Freya Anderson and Lucy Hope finish the Olympic 4x200m freestyle relay final in fifth place. Australia won gold in an Olympic Record time of 7:38.08 with USA winning silver and China the bronze. Freya Colbert led off posting a personal… Continue reading Fifth place finish for relay girls in Olympic final
Keanna just misses out on Olympic fly final
Keanna MacInnes is well known for a strong finish to her 200m butterfly, and tonight was no exception, as she finished her semi-final in fourth place. Unfortunately, the second of the semi-finals where she raced was slower than the first, and her time of 2:08.04 saw her edged out of tomorrow’s final, as she finished… Continue reading Keanna just misses out on Olympic fly final
Relay joy as GBR successfully defend Olympic crown
There was a huge air of anticipation and expectation for the final race of day four of the swimming competition of the Paris Olympic Games, the 4x200m freestyle relay, where GBR are defending champions. A great heat swim this morning from James Guy, Jack McMillan, Kieran Bird and Tom Dean, James producing a personal best… Continue reading Relay joy as GBR successfully defend Olympic crown
Scott edged out in freestyle thriller
The calibre of athlete in the Olympic 200m freestyle final was such that only 0.15 seconds separated the gold medallist David Popovici from Duncan Scott, who finished fourth. Powering into the wall, the gold medal went down to the touch, and it was David Popovici (ROU) who was crowned Olympic Champion in a time of… Continue reading Scott edged out in freestyle thriller
Duncan Scott into Olympic 200m freestyle final
Duncan Scott has again reached the Olympic final of the 200m freestyle with a powerful performance in the semi-finals, where he was only one of two athletes who finished in a sub 1:45 time. After this morning’s heats Duncan had suggested that 0.2 or 0.3 could have helped him more for the semi-finals but being… Continue reading Duncan Scott into Olympic 200m freestyle final