Richards, Dean, Scott and Anderson named in GB workforce for European Short Course Swimming Championships

Great Britain has introduced a stacked squad chosen for the European Short Course Swimming Championships, taking place from 2-7 December on the Aqua Lublin complicated in Poland.

Two-time Olympic lengthy course champions within the males’s 4x200m freestyle relay, Matt Richards and Duncan Scott, enter the meet with titles to prospectively defend, whereas the third member of that quartet, Tom Dean, who was additionally the person champion at Tokyo 2020 in 2021, appears so as to add to his silver medal from the 2019 continental championships within the males’s 400m freestyle.

Freya Anderson, an Olympic gold medallist within the 4x100m combined relay in Japan after swimming the freestyle anchor leg within the warmth, additionally heads to Poland with a title defence within the ladies’s 200m freestyle in thoughts.

Filip Nowacki makes his debut on the championships after claiming 4 medals, together with two gold, on the junior world championships in August.

The brief course (25m) Europeans wrap up the calendar yr in swimming, with head coach, Steven Tigg saying: “This meet plays an important role in refining skills and exposing athletes to international competition in short course cycle. We will use it to build on our learning from last season in order to be best prepared for our long course priorities of Commonwealth Games and Europeans (in 2026).”

Live streaming might be out there totally free on Eurovision Sport platforms, with all newest occasion particulars printed on the European Aquatics website.