FOR the second Olympic Games running Ben Proud narrowly missed out on winning a medal. The 26-year-old, who represents Plymouth Leander, has won World, European and Commonwealth titles but is just missing an Olympic medal from his impressive collection. He was fourth in 50m freestyle at the Rio Games in 2016 and on Sunday morning … Continue reading
BEN PROUD secured his place in the men’s 50m freestyle final at the Tokyo Olympics. After a far from convincing heat swim, Proud lifted his performance by swimming 21.67 seconds from lane one in his semi-final. That ranks him joint fifth going into the final where just 0.36 seconds separate all the qualifiers. Proud, who … Continue reading
BEN PROUD says the ‘real job’ starts now after progressing through to the semi-finals of the men’s 50m freestyle event at the Tokyo Olympics. Proud, who has won world, European and Commonwealth titles, has yet to win an Olympic medal. He was agonisingly fourth at the Rio Games. But his bid for Olympic glory in … Continue reading
Plymouth Leander’s Laura Stephens is determined to learn from her Olympic experience. Stephens, making her debut at the Games, was left disappointed after narrowly missing out on reaching the final of the women’s 200m butterfly event on Wednesday morning. She ended up ranked 10th overall with a 2:09.49 swim, with just the top eight progressing. … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander’s Laura Stephens will be hoping to book her place in the final of the women’s Olympic 200m butterfly event in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Stephens made her Olympic debut on Tuesday when she competed in the heats in Tokyo. Going in the final heat, Stephens knew she just had to avoid … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S Tom Daley cried tears of joy as he finally ended his long wait to win an Olympic gold medal. Daley, competing at his fourth Olympic Games, triumphed in an incredible men’s 10m synchro final with Great Britain team-mate Matty Lee in Tokyo on Monday morning. They beat the much-fancied Chinese pair of Yuan Cao … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander swimmer Reece Dunn will make his Paralympic Games debut this year after being named in the Team GB squad. Dunn is one of 23 Great Britain swimmers – 12 debutants – selected for the delayed 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo, which will be held between August 24 and September 5. He will head to … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S Euan McCabe will be returning home from the European Junior Diving Championship in Croatia with two medals around his neck. The city youngster, who has not been able to train properly for nearly 18 months due to first the Covid-19 pandemic and then the closure of the diving pool at the Life Centre for … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S Euan McCabe will return to international competition this week when he represents Great Britain at the LEN European Junior Diving Championships in Rijeka, Croatia. McCabe is named in a 12-strong British team for the event, which starts on Monday. The Plymouth diver was a medallist at the last European Junior Diving Championships back in … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander’s Laura Stephens has officially been added to Team GB’s swimming squad for this summer’s Olympic Games in Tokyo. Her selection comes after impressing at the recent British Swimming Glasgow Open Meet and the European Championships, where she helped her country to a record-breaking women’s medley relay gold medal. “It feels absolutely incredible and … Continue reading