The peerless Duncan Scott lit up the London Aquatics Centre on day four of the Aquatics GB Swimming Championships.
The peerless Duncan Scott lit up the London Aquatics Centre on day four of the Aquatics GB Swimming Championships.
Scott clocked 1:56.08 to take the national 200m individual medley title in the night’s penultimate race, a time which secures his qualification for the European Championships in this event. Evan Jones was second, while Max Litchfield took bronze.
After the race, Scott said:
“It was pretty good, I think. In terms of my technique, my strokes and transitions between them felt pretty good, and I’m happy – that’s a good place for me to be at this time of the season.”
Earlier in the evening, Oliver Morgan and Eva Okaro both added to their respective growing collections of national titles.
Morgan continued his dominance of the backstroke events by winning the 50m in a new personal best of 24.36, with Jack Skerry – in silver medal position – also clocking a time which secured European Championship qualification. Cameron Brooker took bronze.
Morgan said:
“I was disappointed after last night (the 100m race). Obviously I can’t really complain with the time, but I was in my own head a bit, so it was nice to come in today and get a PB, so I’m over the moon.”
Meanwhile, Okaro also claimed her second title of the week with victory in the women’s 50m butterfly, registering a personal best time of 25.95 to break the sub-26-second mark for the first time. Harriet Rogers was second, while Ciara Schlosshan broke the Scottish national record to claim third.
Okaro said:
“I’m really happy with that. The 50m is a bit of a fun one for me, but I really enjoyed that race. I wanted to race the event to break up the meet a bit, but I’m also quite good at a splash and dash, so why not?!”
Ed Mildred recorded a new personal best time – 51.02 – to win the men’s 100m butterfly from Jacob Peters and Lewis Fraser, with Peters’ time also good enough to meet the European Championship standard.
Mildred said:
“I’ve raced (Jacob) during my whole career. He’s a great athlete, and he’s back close to his best there. I could see him a little bit, and he made me sweat a little bit, but he pushed me onto a great time.”
Katie Shanahan won a seesaw battle with Honey Osrin to win the women’s 200m backstroke, with Holly McGill taking bronze to mirror last year’s podium. Earlier, Freya Colbert added the women’s 400m freestyle title to the 200m gold she won last night.
Iona Winnifrith (women’s 50m butterfly), Will Ellard (men’s 100m butterfly), Rhys Darbey (men’s 200m individual medley) and Alice Tai (women’s 400m freestyle) all won their respective mixed classification events, while the women’s 400m freestyle also saw Rebecca Hardy-Bishop set a new S11 national record.
After her victory, Tai said:
“It’s fun to be racing here. I’m super happy with the time – it’s really close to where I want to be at this time of the season, given the training I’ve been doing. I’m excited and I’m probably enjoying the sport the most I ever have.”
The racing moves into its penultimate day tomorrow, with eight more National Champions to be crowned. Every A finals session from this year’s Aquatics GB Swimming Championships will be broadcast live from 7.45pm across BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app, as well as live coverage of heats (9.30am) and finals (6pm onwards) on the Aquatics GB YouTube channel.
The Aquatics GB social media channels will provide exclusive behind-the-scenes content throughout the meet - and you can still be in the London Aquatics Centre stands yourself, with limited tickets still available here.
Full results, start lists and schedules are available on the Swimming Results website.
Limited tickets are still available across the 2026 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships through SEE Tickets