PLYMOUTH Leander swimmers Joe Hulme and Laura Stephens will be bidding for medals at the European Games on Friday. After his disappointment of missing out on bronze by just two hundredths of a second in the 100m backstroke on Wednesday, Hulme was in determined mood in the 200m event. He eased through the heats in … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander’s Joe Hulme missed out on a medal in the 100m backstroke event at the European Games in Baku by just two hundredths of a second. Hulme clocked 55.37 seconds to finish fourth in the final, which was won by his Great Britain team-mate Luke Greenbank in 54.76. Russia’s Filipp Shopin was second in … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander swimmer Joe Hulme will compete in the final of the men’s 100m backstroke event at the European Games in Baku. Hulme won his heat in the morning with a time of 55.74 seconds, which ranked him third going into the semi-finals. The Plymouth College pupil swan faster in the semis, clocking 55.36 seconds, … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander’s Ruta Meilutyte claimed a second gold medal at the Sette Colli Trophy Meet in Rome. A day after winning the 100m race in a time of 1:05.68, the 18-year-old world, European and Olympic champion clocked 30.07 seconds to triumph in the 50m event. Sweden’s Jennie Johansson was second in 30.64, with Netherlands Moniek … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander swimmer Ruta Meilutyte continued her hot form in Italy by winning the women’s 100m breaststroke event at the Sette Colli Trophy Meet in Rome. Fresh from her victory at the Mare Nostrum Series in Canet, world record holder Meilutyte clocked 1:05.68 on Friday evening. That was the 18-year-old’s second fastest time of the … 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 Leander’s Ruta Meilutyte set the fastest time in the world this year for the 100m breaststroke with a stunning 1:05.46 at the Mare Nostrum series in Canet-en-Roussillon, France. World, Olympic and European champion Meilutyte knocked nearly half a second off Yuliya Efimova’s previous best 2015 mark of 1:05.89. Denmark’s 200m world record holder Rikke … 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