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British Swimming Olympic Selection Trials, Day 4 Heats – London – Livestream & Links

April 17 – Day 4 action and livestream from British Swimming Olympic Trials for the Covid-delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The venue: the 2012 Olympics’ London Aquatics Centre. This morning from 10am local time, the livestream below will have coverage of the heats of the following events (finals for which get underway at 7pm local time): 

Day 4 Heats: Women’s 100m freestyle; Men’s 50m freestyle; Women’s 200m backstroke; Men’s 100m butterfly; Women’s 200m medley

Live results / Start Lists / Selection Policy 

( see target times, qualifiers for finals and links to all SOS coverage below livestream )

London Livestream For British Swimming Olympic Trials

Qualifiers for Day 4 finals:

Women’s 100m freestyle: After Lucy Hope set a lifetime best of 54.52 in the first heat, Freya Anderson took the pace on to 54.13 before Anna Hopkin matched Anderson’s time precisely in the last heat. Their Tokyo target time: 53.88.

Place	Name	AaD	Club		Time			Pt		50
1.	Freya Anderson	20	Bath NC		54.13			871		26.34
1.	Anna Hopkin	25	Loughboro NC		54.13			871		25.91
3.	Lucy Hope	24	Edinburgh Un		54.52			853		26.37
4.	Emma Russell	18	UniOfStirl		55.47			810		26.68
5.	Evelyn Davis	17	Bromley		55.64			802		27.33
6.	Isabella Hindley	25	Brompton		55.90			791		26.41
7.	Tain Bruce	23	Edinburgh Un		56.43			769		26.92
8.	Tamryn Van Selm	17	Millfield		56.51			766		27.67

Men’s 50m freestyle: in the first heat, Jacob Whittle set a British 16 years age group record of 22.40. That took down the 22.48 of Tom Fannon from 2015 and followed a great night for young Whittle at the London Aquatics Centre: in finishing fourth in the 100m free final on 48.7, he put himself in line for a potential Olympic selection to the 4x100m free relay. In heat 2, Yusuke Legard clocked 22.43.

Then came the standard setter for all British sprinters and all but a few others in the world: Ben Proud – 21.68, inside the 21.78 cut for Tokyo – the final the place he aims to confirm his passage to Japan.

Place	Name	AaD	Club		Time			Pt
1.	Benjamin Proud	27	Plymouth Lea		21.68			897
2.	Jacob Whittle	17	Derventio		22.40			813
3.	Yusuke Legard	25	Wycombe Dist		22.43			810
4.	Jack Thorpe	27	Edinburgh Un		22.62			789
4.	Scott McLay	22	UniOfStirl		22.62			789
6.	Samuel Irvine	24	Loughboro Un		22.71			780
7.	David Cumberlidge	25	Edinburgh Un		22.75			776
8.	Thomas Watkin	19	Co Sheffield		23.02			749

Women’s 200m backstroke: Cassie Wild took the first heat in 2:13.30 before her University of Stirling teammate Kathleen Dawson, the 100m champion in a sizzling 58.24, clocked 2:12.098 for a ticket to lane for for the showdown. Their target time: 2:08.44.

Place	Name	AaD	Club		Time			Pt		50	100	150
1.	Kathleen Dawson	24	UniOfStirl		2:12.09			814		30.17	1:03.63	1:38.24
2.	Honey Osrin	18	Plymouth Lea		2:13.05			796		30.98	1:04.41	1:38.67
3.	Cassie Wild	21	UniOfStirl		2:13.30			792		31.20	1:04.90	1:39.00
4.	Charlotte Evans	24	Loughboro Un		2:13.66			785		31.85	1:05.93	1:39.67
5.	Chloe Golding	23	Co Manch Aq		2:13.93			781		31.78	1:05.80	1:39.98
6.	Jennifer King	23	Eastkilbride		2:14.30			774		31.61	1:05.63	1:40.02
7.	Rachel Anderson	19	Loughboro Un		2:14.52			771		31.93	1:06.01	1:40.21
8.	Rachel Saunders	16	Warrender Ba		2:14.78			766		31.21	1:05.09	1:39.54

Men’s 100m Butterfly: Jacob Peters took the first heat in a lifetime best of 52.17. Next up was James Guy, the man who helped deliver 4x100m medley gold for Britain on the ‘fly leg of the 4x100m medley in Gwangju, His time: 51.71, inside the cut for Tokyo and already on the team after victory in the 200m on 1:55.90. Next came Ed Mildred 52.64. Their target time: 51.96.

Place	Name	AaD	Club		Time			Pt		50
1.	James Guy	26	Bath NC		51.71			877		24.15
2.	Jacob Peters	21	Bath NC		52.17			854		24.32
3.	Edward Mildred	18	Northampton		52.64			831		25.09
4.	Archie Goodburn	20	Loughboro NC		53.75			781		25.12
5.	Lewis Fraser	21	Swansea Uni		54.28			758		25.10
6.	Thomas Beeley	22	Plymouth Lea		54.51			748		25.65
7.	Jakob Goodman	21	Loughboro Un		54.80			737		25.57
8.	Scott McLay	22	UniOfStirl		55.14			723		25.66

Women’s 200m medley: There was only one obvious contender to get below the 2:11.10 target time for Tokyo – Abbie Wood, on 2:11.20 this morning.

Place	Name	AaD	Club		Time			Pt		50	100	150
1.	Abbie Wood	22	Loughboro NC		2:11.20			888		27.99	1:01.92	1:39.43
2.	Alicia Wilson	21	Guildford Ct		2:13.01			852		28.14	1:01.68	1:40.32
3.	Candice Hall	24	Loughboro Un		2:14.56			823		28.78	1:02.38	1:42.40
4.	Katie Shanahan	17	Co Glasgow		2:15.73			802		29.00	1:02.95	1:43.47
5.	Katie Matts	23	Co Manch Aq		2:17.03			779		29.32	1:04.58	1:43.31
6.	Hannah Miley	32	Aberdeen Per		2:17.34			774		29.90	1:04.56	1:44.47
7.	Lily Booker	20	Millfield		2:18.06			762		29.34	1:04.86	1:44.18
8.	Freya Colbert	17	Nova Cent’n		2:18.85			749		29.90	1:04.59	1:46.54

Links to SOS Coverage:

Day 1:

• Adam Peaty Books Ticket To Defence Of Olympic Crown in Tokyo With 57.3 For Ownership Of Entire All-Time Top 20
• Duncan Scott Medley Mission Just Got Serious, At 1:55.9 For British Record Ahead Of Litchfield Bros, Joe A Tokyo Ticket Holder, Too
• Kieran Bird Soars To 3:46 Best For A Ticket To Tokyo, Olympic Debut As Latest New Guy On GB Team From Jol Finck’s Squad
• Day 1 Livestream of finals

Day 2:

• Kathleen Dawson Awesome With 58.2 Euro Textile Best, Peatyesque Ambitions & Stirling Mate Cassie Wild About Tokyo Ticket, Too
• Molly Renshaw Screeches Up To The Edge Of Podium Intent On 2:20.8 British Record, Training Mate Abbie Wood Also Inside Felled Mark & Tokyo Target Time
• James Guy Courage Win 1:55.20 Ticket To Tokyo Olympics As First Brit Swifter Than The Pride Of Steve Parry 2004
• Dan Jervis Times His Move To Perfection To Keep Kieran Bird At Bay in 800 Free, Both On 7:50, A Reach Shy Of Tokyo Cut
• Day 2 Livestream of finals

Day 3:

• Duncan Scott ‘Disappointed’ With 47.87 British-Record Snap Of 2019 As Matt Richards, 17, Scorches 48.23 Welsh Standard – Both Inside Tokyo Cut
• 2:08s From James Wilby & Ross Murdoch On Breaststroke & Alys Thomas On Fly Just The Ticket For Tokyo
• Max Litchfield Delivers 1st British Medley Swim Brothers To Team GB At Same Olympics in 4:12.6, Brodie Wiliams A Hand Away
• British Olympic Swimming Trials – Day 3 Finals – Livestream & Links

Qualification cuts for Tokyo 2020 for an instant ticket for winners in London (and likely later confirmation for any in that zone finishing top 2 this week):