5+ hour, 58+ min ago   (309+ words) Georgia Taylor-Brown won the World Triathlon Series in 2020 and finished runner-up in 2022 Great Britain's Georgia Taylor-Brown produced a dominant display to win the final women's event of the regular World Championship Triathlon Series (WCTS) in the Czech Republic. The 32-year-old…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (285+ words) A petition has been started calling for a town to have its own lido. Mike Reader, the Labour MP for Northampton South, said an outdoor pool would bring the community together and give families an affordable and healthy day out....

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (294+ words) A retired police officer from Kent is set to compete in the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii after overcoming a serious injury that threatened to end her racing ambitions. Catherine Linney from Sevenoaks had spent seven months recovering from a…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (457+ words) Alex Yee's chance of victory ended after a broken bike chain Olympic champion Alex Yee vowed to focus on the World Triathlon Championships after a broken bike chain cost him the chance of victory in the Supertri Pro Series Final…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (455+ words) A British adventurer says he has permission from French authorities to swim the English Channel, enabling him to finish his 28-year journey. Karl Bushby, 57, set off from Chile in 1998 and has reached Belgium. Under the terms of the challenge he…...

3+ week, 6+ hour ago   (270+ words) A man from Jersey who gave up long distance swimming for 30 years before coming back to swim both the English Channel and the North Channel has written a memoir of the experience. Graeme Lowe gave up the sport at 13 but…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (345+ words) A nineteen-year-old swimmer has said he will win "3,000 gold medals" in the Special Olympics Great Britain. Sam Craddock, from Dorchester in Dorset, has Down's syndrome and will be competing in the 50m freestyle, 50m breast stoke and 100m individual medley. The event in…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (21+ words) BBC Losing a leg was probably the best day of my life...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (584+ words) Filip Nowacki added European 200m breaststroke gold to his Commonwealth title last week Filip Nowacki says his European and Commonwealth Games gold medals prove he is at a world class level. The 18-year-old won the 200m breaststroke title at both events this…...

4+ week, 22+ hour ago   (438+ words) Ellen Walshe struck gold again in Saturday's 200m individual medley Irish swimmer Ellen Walshe secured her second gold medal at the European Aquatics Championships in Paris by taking victory in the 200m individual medley in Paris on Saturday. Placed fifth at the…...