by admin | Dec 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
With just weeks to the Athens Olympics here’s what training I have left. Returning from a very successful training in camp in Cyprus, conditions there mirror the conditions in Athens, I have a couple more weeks hard endurance training. It’s not all...
by admin | Dec 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
The final domestic preparation event for the Athens Olympics took place at the Manchester Aquatics Centre in July. The English National (long course) Championships are a regular fixture in the swimming calendar at this time of year and for James it represented one of...
by admin | Dec 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
Athens bombs should not deter anybody from the Olympics. I’m certainly planning on going to the Olympics and these bombs don’t and won’t worry me. I believe the reason the bombs on a police station have been done now is because security when the...
by admin | Dec 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
Having already qualified for Athens in the 100m Butterfly event earlier in the week, James stepped on to the blocks hoping to make the 200m event for his third consecutive Olympics. A modest swim of 2:00.41 in the heats saw James qualify second for the semis behind...
by admin | Dec 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
That’s what butterfly swimmer Stephen Parry said about his friend and rival after James qualified for his third consecutive Olympic Games at the Olympic Trials in Sheffield’s Pond’s Forge International Pool last night. With his preferred event now...