Britain has confirmed a team of 40 for the world championships in Rome next month. Head Coach Dennis Pursley described the Britain squad as "a really good mixture of veterans and young, up-and-coming swimmers", which was the "goal" in the way to the London 2012 home Games.
"Our aim within the first year of the Olympic cycle plan was to try to get inexperienced swimmers competing in the premier events on the calendar such as the World Championships in Rome and this will be a good development opportunity," Pursley added. "I’m looking forward to seeing some strong leadership from the veterans to begin the process of molding together a tightly bonded team."
The Britain team will sport the name of the big sponsor of the sport in Britain, British Gas, which has pumped £15m into various levels of swimming to help to make sure that London 2012 is a springboard and not a cul-de-sac.
Women:
- Rebecca Adlington – Nova Centurion
- Jazmin Carlin – Swansea ITC
- Jess Dickons – Stockton
- Ellen Gandy – Tritans, Melbourne
- Fran Halsall – City of Liverpool/Loughborough ITC
- Kate Haywood - Loughborough University/Loughborough ITC
- Jo Jackson – Derwentside/Loughborough ITC
- Jemma Lowe – Stockton
- Caitlin McClatchey - Loughborough University/Loughborough ITC
- Hannah Miley – Garioch
- Keri-Anne Payne – Stockport Metro/Stockport ITC
- Lizzie Simmonds - Loughborough University/Loughborough ITC
- Amy Smith - Loughborough University
- Gemma Spofforth – Portsmouth Northsea/Florida
- Stacey Tadd - University of Bath/Bath ITC
- Lowri Tynan - Wrexham
- Katherine Wyld – Nova Centurion
- Emma Wilkins – Plymouth Leander
Men:
- Robert Bale - Loughborough University/Loughborough ITC
- Adam Brown – Hatfield
- Simon Burnett – Wycombe District
- David Carry – Aberdeen Dolphins/Stockport ITC
- Richard Charlesworth - Hatfield
- Ross Davenport - Loughborough University/Loughborough ITC
- David Davies – City of Cardiff /Loughborough ITC
- James Gibson – Marseille
- Kris Gilchrist – City of Edinburgh
- James Goddard - Stockport Metro/Stockport ITC
- Tom Haffield – City of Cardiff
- Ian Hulme – City of Sunderland
- Andy Hunter – Stirling Swimming/Stirling ITC
- Marco Loughran – Guildford City
- Michael Rock - Stockport Metro/Stockport ITC
- Robbie Renwick – City of Aberdeen
- Joe Roebuck - Loughborough University
- Lewis Smith – Warrender
- Liam Tancock - Loughborough University/Loughborough ITC
- Grant Turner - Loughborough University/Loughborough ITC
- Chris Walker-Hebborn – Team Ipswich/Bath ITC
- Richard Webb – University of Bath/Bath ITC
