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Michael Jamieson breaks British record
by JONATHAN COATES AND ELSPETH BURNSIDE
13 December 2013
MICHAEL Jamieson proved his form on the opening day of the European Short-Course Championships yesterday by breaking a British record.
He will have to go considerably faster, however, to win tonight’s final of the 100 metres breaststroke as four of his fellow finalists posted quicker times in the semi-finals.
Jamieson, the Glaswegian whose silver medal made him Britain’s top-performing swimmer at the London Olympics, is a 200m specialist but he has been honing his craft over four laps of the 25m pool since the summer, developing the muscle to cut it as a sprinter.
He proved yesterday, when exposed to the cream of the continent, that the training tweaks have been beneficial, setting a new British standard of 57.89 seconds that narrowly removed James Gibson’s 57.91 from 2008 from the record books.
Renwick the predictable winner on night of records
Saturday 14 December 2013
IT seemed predictable, as Robbie Renwick claimed victory last night at the Scottish Gas National Short Course Championships in Edinburgh.
In reality, admitted the Commonwealth champion, nothing can be taken for granted as places at Glasgow 2014 are chased and cemented in the months ahead.
The City of Glasgow swimmer hauled himself from sixth to first, holding off rising star Roberto Pavoni to secure the 400 metres freestyle title at the Commonwealth Pool in his first outing of the winter. It was a consolation, of sorts, on an evening when the 25-year-old watched teenage prospect Duncan Scott spirit away two of his Scottish junior records.
Such competition provides a healthy incentive. It, he acknowledged, was just a foretaste of the numerous challenges to come as rivals at home and abroad duly raise their game. This was just an initial trial. "The morning was a real shock to the system," Renwick declared. "I've been training for four months solid and that was my first race. I felt absolutely terrible.
Robbie Renwick clinches 400m freestyle gold
by ELSPETH BURNSIDE AND JONATHAN COATES
14 December 2013
TWO-TIME Olympic finalist Robbie Renwick had to draw on all his experience plus a good deal of dogged determination to win the 400m freestyle at the Scottish Gas National Short Course Championships at the Royal Commonwealth Pool last night.
The 25-year-old British record holder had qualified in a lowly sixth place and then had to come from behind in the final to secure the gold in 3.43.92 ahead of Loughborough University’s Roberto Pavoni in 3:44.58.
“That was very tough,” admitted Renwick. “I’m in a four-month block of solid training and I haven’t raced for ages. I felt awful this morning. The heats were a real shock to the system.
Scottish Short Course Nationals 2013
Duncan Scott of Grangemouth ASC competed at the recent Scottish National Short Course Open Championships at the Royal Commonwealth pool in Edinburgh. He is part of FIRST (Falkirk Integrated Regional Swim Team) and has a swimming scholarship to Strathallan in Perthshire.
Day 1 He was up early, warm up and then the action started at 8.45. He had broken the 50 Freestyle Scottish Junior record whilst at the Grand Prix in Inverness in November, but improved on that with 23.09 to make the B final. He then swam a 200m Backstroke followed by the 400 Freestyle. He broke the junior record with 3.55.29. and had the time to make the B final.
Scott ends season with six Gold medals Aug 2013
by Graeme Lafferty
Published: 19 Aug 2013
SWIMMING talent Duncan Scott has had an incredible year in the pool.
The youngster has competed and successfully won Golds at Scottish Schools, eight age group titles at Scottish age groups in April. Represented Scotland at the Tri Nations in May.
Scott then went on to win two Scottish Junior Titles in June before winning four medals for Team GB at the European Youth Olympic Festival in July.
The big question was just how could he top that in August as he headed for the season ending British Gas ASA Youth Championships in Sheffield.
