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A Look At The Olympic Qualifiers (So Far) Through Final Night Of Aquatics GB Olympic Trials

2024 AQUATICS GB SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS (OLYMPIC TRIALS)

Action wrapped up tonight from the 2024 Aquatics GB Olympic Trials which means we have our initial list of potential qualifiers for this summer’s Olympic Games.

As a refresher, the competition represented the sole opportunity for athletes to qualify for this summer’s Olympic Games, with first-place finishers in each event being selected provided they beat the Aquatics GB-mandated selection standard outlined in their qualification policy linked above.

The Head Performance Director Chris Spice and Head Coach Bill Furniss can discretionarily add swimmers to the roster up to the maximum of 30 so we won’t entirely know who will represent the nation in Paris until the official lineup is released sometime in the near future.

For now, here are the swimmers who notched qualification standards outright, as well as relay qualifiers and additional swimmers who dipped under either the Aquatics GB standard or the World Aquatics Olympic Qualification time.

Stay tuned for the actual roster once it’s been released.

British Olympic Qualifiers Through Day 6 of Trials

The following swimmers finished 1st in their event and beat the Aquatics GB selection standard:

The following swimmers have provisionally qualified in relays:

Other Qualification Notes

The following swimmers finished 2nd in their event and beat the Aquatics GB selection standard:

The following 1st place finishers did not meet the Aquatics GB selection standard but did meet the World Aquatics Olympic Qualification Time (‘A’ cut):

  • Kieran Bird – men’s 400m free (3:45.63)
  • Tobias Robinson – men’s 800m free (7:51.51), men’s 1500m free (14:54.75)
  • Keanna MacInnes – women’s 100m fly (57.92)
  • Angharad Evans – women’s 100m breast (1:06.54)

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Aragon Son of Arathorne
7 months ago

Colbert had a great 4 IM

UNC fan
7 months ago

Tough luck for Alicia Wilson missing out on this Olympic cycle after Tokyo, even after she hired Teri McKeever to coach her after Big 12s

nuotofan
7 months ago

There are 23 athletes for sure. I would add at least these 4 athletes: Angharad Evans (100 breaststroke and 4×100 womens medley relay), Eva Okaro and Freya Anderson (4×100 womens free relay, Anderson obviously also for the 4×200 free), Jacob Peters (4×100 mens medley relay). Other 3 names may be added to reach the cap of 30 athletes.

Last edited 7 months ago by nuotofan
KatyJ
Reply to  nuotofan
7 months ago

and Kara Hanlon

L m
7 months ago

Isn’t Abbie Wood secured due to her winning time in 200 IM ?

nuotofan
Reply to  L m
7 months ago

And she’s in that list

Teamwiess
7 months ago

Robinson also hit the A standard but not the nomination standard in the 1500. He was much closer to the nomination standard in that one.

Martin McEvoy
Reply to  Teamwiess
7 months ago

Robinson already has a quota in the Open Water, so not sure if allowing him to swim his pool events would count v the 30

BairnOwl
7 months ago

Forgot Whittle?

Boknows34
Reply to  BairnOwl
7 months ago

Whittle and McMillan would be in a category as 5th place relay finishers relying on a discretionary pick.

Anymouse
7 months ago

Some cleaning needed here:

“Keanna MacInnes – women’s 4x100m medley relay”

The team didn’t qualify so this needs to be removed.

There are also 2 Shanahans that need to me merged to one.

It would be useful to list potential relay swimmers if the women’s free and medley relays get taken anyway:

Free: Okaro and Anderson would be added.
Medley: Evans and MacInnes would be added.

commonwombat
Reply to  Anymouse
7 months ago

ALL GBR womens relays HAVE qualified according to World Aquatics; what has yet to established is whether AGB stand by their own self-imposed metrics or not.

MacInnes is already duly qualified onto the team via W200fly; what is to be decided is whether she gets the additonal 100fly swim plus W4XMED relay duty. As is, she may already have relay duty via MMR; question being whether they stick with the FMMF line-up or switch to MMFF due to Morgan’s emergence as potential backstroke weapon.

Boknows34
Reply to  commonwombat
7 months ago

MMFF would the right line-up this time. Morgan could be approx 7.5 to 8 seconds faster than Dawson on backstroke. That’s a wider gap than on butterfly on current form.

commonwombat
Reply to  Boknows34
7 months ago

I tend to agree. In 2021, GBR men’s 100back was non competitive whereas Dawson was then (notionally) swimming 58s.

It can also be argued that Guy may not be able to replicate his fly heroics of 2021 but:

  • going with a female flyer, they are most likely conceding ground to the stronger female fly legs (CHN)
  • is Hopkin anywhere near her 2021 level ? Will she be able to hold off those with the stronger female anchors (AUS/NED/USA)

It will be a case of hoping Morgan can keep them close at first exchange then Peaty deliver something “otherworldly” then pray that MacInnes & Hopkin can hold on for a medal. They should certainly be ” in the… Read more »

Boknows34
Reply to  commonwombat
7 months ago

Realistically I don’t think gold is on the cards. They’ll do well for bronze.

2021 was a perfect race for that team. Dawson, Guy and Hopkin were all bang on form that day with Peaty as the ace in the pack as always.

Last edited 7 months ago by Boknows34
commonwombat
Reply to  Boknows34
7 months ago

Very much agree. USA shot themselves in the foot with their selections and their 2 female legs hurt them. Peaty & Guy completely “bossed it” and gave Hopkin sufficient margin to hold on.

To my mind, the two strongest hands are CHN & USA; neither being “bullet-proof”. AUS can usually come roaring home but, lacking male backstroke quality and relatively weak male breaststroke, they’re generally coming from a bit too far back to win gold. NED = not sure they can win but could be thereabouts.

Swimmer
Reply to  commonwombat
7 months ago

Sorry – just to give Hopkin her due: 52.0 is not just “holding on”. I would very much include that in the “bossed it” category.

Martin McEvoy
Reply to  Swimmer
7 months ago

Part of the perfect storm last time was not just that Peaty was a space alien, but that none of the other major contenders had a world class breastroke – indeed, USA put in a woman, which is basically suicide in the medley, because they had no competitive male and they had at least the women’s Olympic champ. But there is simply no way to make back the time in 100 free (c. 47v52) that you lose in 100 breast (c. 58v65). You are essentially giving away two seconds, at best.

This time US and China clearly can more or less match Peaty. If Jimmy Guy was still on his old 100 fly form, FMMF might just get the job… Read more »

Thomas Selig
Reply to  Martin McEvoy
7 months ago

I think it’s a bit of a stretch to say that the US “can more or less match Peaty”. He already went faster than any US breaststroker has ever been, and you would expect him to only get faster by the summer with the extra training. China is another matter of course, and overall I agree that it looks like GB will be scrapping for bronze, with US/China fighting it out for gold.

Aragon Son of Arathorne
Reply to  Thomas Selig
7 months ago

we dont have a 1 breast stroker that will be able to scrap with Qin in that race. We have a 31 year old, fantastic swimmer, but probably past his prime.

Good Humour Man
Reply to  Aragon Son of Arathorne
7 months ago

Who’s the 31 year old fantastic swimmer probably past his prime?

Alison England
Reply to  Good Humour Man
7 months ago

Nic Fink will be 31 by Paris?

Alison England
Reply to  Swimmer
7 months ago

Definitely!

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