Good morning from the Olympic Aquatics Centre!

Feel like I’ve written that a fair few times over the last 16 or so years 😂

This time a little different as we’re about to see the first competitive action in the Paris 2024 pool with the AS World Cup / test event & Women’s solo.

Ahead of the first Olympic aquatic test event in Paris I caught up with 🇪🇸’s Alisa Ozhogina.

Born in Russia, raised in Spain & took up artistic as compromise between ballet, swimming, rhythmic gymnastics. She also stars in DUA LIPA’s latest video!

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Triple Olympic gold medallist Max Whitlock OBE pays a heartfelt tribute to his long-time coach Scott Hann MBE for the profound impact he’s had on his life, and the lives of others at South Essex Gym Club – testament to his unwavering commitment to a holistic approach

#ThanksCoach #UKCoachingWeek

New from WADA, the World Anti-Doping Agency.

It's appointing an 'independent' prosecutor - from Switzerland - to look at how it handled the Chinese doping case.

Olympic champion Adam Peaty calls for greater anti-doping transparency.

It comes after World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) failed to make public the discovery that 23 Chinese swimmers had tested positive for a banned substance ahead of Tokyo 2020.

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Aquatics GB 'EXTREMELY CONCERNED' about the revelations which revealed 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned drug before the Tokyo Olympics in 2021...

“I really hope it makes a difference!”

Alice Dearing’s full interview moments after making history after becoming the first black woman to swim for 🇬🇧 at an Olympic Games.

It was a brutal race, but she battled, as Alice did throughout her career & she leaves a lasting legacy.

History-making open water swimmer Alice Dearing has announced her retirement from the sport.

At Tokyo 2020 she became the first black woman to represent Great Britain in an Olympic swimming event.

She leaves a legacy which will continue to inspire swimmers for decades to come.…

The 23, which included Tokyo 2020 gold medallists – Zhang Yufei and Wang Shun, plus current World Aquatics Swimmer of the Year, Qin Haiyang, all tested positive in January 2021 for trimetazidine, the same substance taken by Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva 2/

Seismic… 👀

My hockey dribbling exploits, 3 x TCS London Marathon UK 3 peaks, Himalayas. Cardiff to Ldn.
Another big push tmrw, London Marathon 2024. £67k raised so far since 2012: please support me if you can for Alzheimer's Research UK England Hockey #hockeyfamily Framlingham College Sport

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Not that I need much of an excuse to don these guys ✌️

It’s official! I’m heading to Paris this summer to compete in my 2nd Olympic Games. 🇫🇷

A privilege to be able to represent my country on the biggest stage of them all.

Thank you to everybody who has supported and contributed throughout my swimming journey.

Such an honour to be officially named as a part of Team GB for this summers Olympics!🥰🤩

It’s a great honour and privilege to represent Team GB this summer in Paris for my 2nd Olympic Games. 🤝🇫🇷

À bientôt Paris. ⏳

An “exciting” group of 33 swimmers (across pool & open water) selected for Team GB Paris 2024 Olympic Games!

Tokyo champions Peaty, Richards, Scott, Dean, Guy, Dawson & Hopkin headline.

Freya Anderson is in, after glandular fever struggles. World champions Freya Colbert & Laura…

The Olympic flame is LIT 🔥🔥🔥

Let's go, Paris 2024!!

WORLD RECORD

The oldest men's world record in athletics has been broken 🔥

Mykolas Alekna has just thrown an astonishing 74.41m in the men's discus 🇱🇹

He takes down Jürgen Schult's mark of 74.08m from 1986 💥

Watching Race Across the World & recalling my surreal Sapporo cameo for the marathon during the Covid impacted Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Incredible experience for so many reasons, but seeking some inspiration from Race Across The World for some v.delayed post Games travel plans 🇯🇵