Britain's Swimming Stars Attend Training Camp for London 2012

Britain's swimming stars were in London last week to take part in a training camp ahead of the biggest summer of their careers, culminating in the London 2012 Olympics.

Those attending were in great spirits after securing Olympic qualification at the British Gas Swimming Championships (Selection Trials) at the London Aquatics Centre last month. 

Take a glimpse of the training camp in the video below, which includes interviews with Double Olympic Champion Rebecca Adlington, and world medallists Francesca Halsall and Elizabeth Simmonds.

It also includes footage of the fantastic British Gas Pools 4 Schools events delivered by Total Swimming at the 2012 British Gas Swimming Championships.

 

 

The swimmers at the training camp and the events they have qualified for include:

Women: 

Rebecca Adlington, Mansfield (Trains: Nova Centurion, 400m & 800m freestyle) 

Sophie Allen, Lincolnshire (British Gas Stockport ITC, 200m individual medley) 

Georgia Davies, Wales (British Gas Swansea ITC, 100m backstroke) 

Eleanor Faulkner, Sheffield (City of Sheffield, 800m freestyle, 4x200m freestyle) 

Ellen Gandy, Bromley (Nunawading, Australia 100m & 200m butterfly) 

Fran Halsall, Southport (British Gas Loughborough ITC, 100m butterfly, 100m freestyle, 50m freestyle) 

Kate Haywood, Grimsby (Nunawading, 100m breaststroke) 

Joanne Jackson, Northallerton (British Gas Loughborough ITC, 400m freestyle, 4x200m freestyle) 

Jemma Lowe, Hartlepool (British Gas Swansea ITC, 200m butterfly) 

Jessica Lloyd, Oldham (City of Manchester, 4x100 freestyle) 

Caitlin McClatchey, Portsmouth & Northampton (Loughborough University, 4x200m freestyle) 

Hannah Miley, Aberdeenshire (Garioch, 200m & 400m individual medley) 

Keri-Anne Payne, Heywood, Lancashire (British Gas Stockport ITC, 10km open water) 

Elizabeth Simmonds, Hull (British Gas Loughborough ITC, 200m backstroke) 

Amy Smith, Kidderminster (Loughborough University, 100m freestyle, 50m freestyle) 

Gemma Spofforth, Shoreham-by-Sea (Florida Gators, 100m backstroke) 

Stacey Tadd, Radstock, Somerset (University of Bath, 200m breaststroke) 

Rebecca Turner, Rotherham (City of Sheffield, 200m freestyle, 4x100m freestyle) 

Aimee Willmott, Middlesbrough (Middlesbrough, 400m individual medley) 

 

Men: 

Robert Bale, Manchester ( Trains: British Gas Stirling ITC, 4x200m freestyle) 

Craig Benson, Edinburgh (Warrender, 100m breaststroke) 

Adam Brown, Cambridge (Hatfield, 4x100m freestyle) 

Simon Burnett, Oxford (Tuscon, USA 4x100m freestyle) 

Ross Davenport, Derby (British Gas Loughborough ITC, 4x200m freestyle) 

David Davies, Cardiff (City of Cardiff, 1500m freestyle) 

James Disney-May, Chertsey, Surrey (Auburn,USA 4x100m freestyle) 

Daniel Fogg, Edmonton, London (British Gas Loughborough ITC, 1500m freestyle) 

Craig Gibbons, High Wycombe (Maxwell, 4x100m freestyle) 

James Goddard, Stockport (British Gas Stockport ITC, 200m individual medley) 

Michael Jamieson, Glasgow (British Gas Bath ITC, 200m breaststroke) 

Ieuan Lloyd, Wales (City of Cardiff, 4x200m freestyle) 

Roberto Pavoni, Brentwood (British Gas Loughborough ITC, 400m individual medley, 200m butterfly), 

Robbie Renwick, Glasgow (City of Glasgow, 200m & 400m freestyle) 

Michael Rock, Liverpool (British Gas Stockport ITC, 100m butterfly), 

Joe Roebuck, Rotherham (Loughborough University, 200m & 400m individual medley, 200m butterfly), 

Daniel Sliwinski, Preston (British Gas Stockport ITC, 100m breaststroke), 

Liam Tancock, Exeter (British Gas Loughborough ITC, 100m backstroke), 

Andrew Willis, Frimley, Surrey (British Gas Bath ITC, 200m breaststroke). 

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