British Championships, Day 6 Prelims: Titans Geared Up For Battle In 200 Free
Olympic and world champions are ready to do battle for the one individual slot available in the men’s 200 free on the final day of the Aquatics GB Swimming Championships.
Duncan Scott and James Guy share 14 Olympic medals but two into one doesn’t go so they must cross swords to see who’ll join Matt Richards at the World Championships with the Welshman preselected for the event following silver behind David Popovici at Paris 2024.
Others will stake their claim including Jack McMillan, who swam the 4×2 prelims in Paris before the quartet clinched an historic gold, while 17-year-old Jacob Mills has been on superb form this week with silvers in the 50 and 100 free. There’ll be no Tom Dean with the Tokyo champion opting to focus on the 100 free following an extended break after the 2024 Games. Dean will be in Singapore with the 4×1 and 4×2 relay teams.
Ben Proud returns the morning after 50 free gold in 21.67 to go in the 50 foy in which he won the 2017 world title while Olympic and world medallist Luke Greenbank meets Ollie Morgan in the 200 back with the former going again after he was DQd in Paris.
Angharad Evans goes in the 100m breaststroke in which she set the British record of 1:05.54 in the very same pool in May last year while Eva Okaro is in the water once more in the 100 free after two golds and a bronze.
To qualify for the Singapore worlds – which run from 27 July to 3 August – 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.
