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…...

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…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (644+ words) A former horse events rider is preparing to represent Great Britain at the para-canoe world championships, two years after a fall changed her life. Saffron Cresswell, 25, from Malvern in Worcestershire, fell from her horse in 2024 and suffered a spinal cord…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (917+ words) Jonny Brownlee is a six-time World champion and three-time Olympic medallist World and Olympic triathlon champion Jonny Brownlee has announced his retirement from the sport aged 36. Brownlee won Olympic bronze at London 2012, silver at Rio 2016 and gold in the mixed…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1081+ words) "I've had an incredible career. It's been nearly 30 years long and I've won more than I ever thought I'd ever achieve. It's time to move on because I wouldn't be doing myself justice by doing it half-heartedly." Those were the…...

6+ day, 5+ 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…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (366+ words) Adam Ramsay-Peaty's dive has been his main area of concern in recent months Former Olympic and world champion Adam Ramsay-Peaty says he is "confused" as the Briton's poor run of form continued at the European Aquatics Championships. After winning 16 out…...

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

1+ hour, 59+ 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…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (377+ words) An outdoor swimming pool is to extend its summer season following a record-breaking number of visitors. The open air pool in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, had more than 9,000 people attend by the end of July, compared with 3,039 during the same period last…...