British Championships, Day 2 Women’s Finals: Three Titles Up For Grabs In London
The second day of finals at the Aquatics GB Swimming Championships in London will feature the women’s 1500 free, 400IM and 100m backstroke.
Amelie Blocksidge turned 16 last week but victory in the 1500 would secure a third straight title for the City of Salford swimmer. Freya Colbert rattled the British 200 free record en-route to qualifying for the World Championships on night one while Katie Shanahan set a PB in the 100 back prelims to book lane four for what promises to be a real tussle.
The meet doubles as trials for the World Championships which run from 27 July to 3 August in Singapore where selection will be based on performances at the Paris Olympics and the Aquatics GB Swimming Championships in London.
While swimmers who won a medal in an individual event at Paris 2024 will be selected to the Great Britain team for that event in Singapore, no British women reached the podium in the French capital.
To qualify for worlds, a swimmer must finish first in an Olympic event and record a time that equals or betters those in the table below.
Athletes that finish second in a time equal or better than that in the table will be considered for selection to a team that will have a maximum of 30 athletes.
Colbert and Keanna MacInnes in the 200 fly were the sole swimmers to qualify on day one.
Women’s 1500 Free
Amelie Blocksidge dominated throughout to claim a third straight title despite only turning 16 a week ago. The City of Salford swimmer stopped the clock in 16:23.53 to enjoy a winning margin of more than 10 seconds over Fleur Lewis who went 16:33.63 for second. Leah Crisp, who did the open water at Paris 2024 was third home in 16:40.00.
