PLYMOUTH Leander’s Ben Proud has reached his second World Championship final in Kazan. Having competed in the 50m butterfly medal race earlier in the week, Proud will swim the 50m freestyle final on Saturday night. The 20-year-old eased through the morning’s heats with a time of 22.13 seconds before producing an impressive semi-final display. Commonwealth … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander swimmer Ben Proud eased through the heats of the 50m freestyle event at the World Championships in Kazan. The Commonwealth Games champion, who reached the final of the 50m butterfly earlier in the week, swam 22.13 seconds for the ‘splash and dash’ on Friday morning. That ranked him seventh overall out of the … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander swimmers Ben Proud and Mindaugaus Sadauskas both missed out on reaching the semi-finals of the 100m freestyle at the World Championships in Kazan. Great Britain star Proud finished 23rd overall out of the 115 competitors, with only the top 16 progressing. The 20-year-old, who reached the final of the 50m butterfly, clocked a … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander swimmer Ben Proud has reached his first global final. The 20-year-old Commonwealth Games champion booked his place in the 50m butterfly World Championship final with an impressive semi display on Sunday. Having qualified 11th overall from the morning heats in 23.58 seconds, Proud knocked more than three tenths of a second off that … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander star Ben Proud is viewing the World Championships as a stepping stone for next year’s Olympic Games. Double Commonwealth Games champion Proud begins his World Championship campaign on Sunday morning when he competes in the heats of the 50m butterfly in Kazan. These are Proud’s second World Championships, however, he has yet to … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander swimmer Ben Proud capped a successful Mare Nostrum Series in Barcelona with a bronze medal in the men’s 50m freestyle event. The double Commonwealth Games champion added the bronze to the gold he had won the day before in the 50m butterfly final. Proud, competing for Great Britain, clocked 22.40 seconds for the … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander swimmer Ben Proud claimed victory in the 50m butterfly event at the Mare Nostrum Series in Barcelona on Wednesday evening. The Commonwealth Games champion clocked 23.70 seconds to beat Poland’s Konrad Czerniak and South Africa star Chad Le Clos. Czerniak was second in 23.89 and Le Clos third with a time of 23.92. … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander swimmer Ruta Meilutyte set another world leading time on the second day of the Mare Nostrum Series in Canet-en-Rousillion. Just 24 hours after clocking 1:05.46 in the 100m breaststroke event, which was the fastest time of the year, Meilutyte swam 29.88 seconds for the 50m race. Her time was a new meet record … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S international swimmers Ruta Meilutyte, Ben Proud (pictured left) and Mindaugas Sadauska will be in action this weekend at the Mare Nostrum event in Canet-en-Roussillon, France. The trio will be using the competition as a warm-up for this summer’s FINA World Championships in Kazan. Double Commonwealth Games champion Proud will be part of the Great … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander swimmer Ben Proud will compete at next month’s 2015 Mare Nostrum series in France and Spain. Great Britain are using the series to prepare for this summer’s World Championships in Kazan. A team of 42 British swimmers will head to event in Canet, France, over the weekend of June 6-7 before 33, including … Continue reading