When we’re in the pool, it’s war
29th August 2011 - The Guardian
After coming from nowhere to take gold in 2008, Paralympic poster girl Ellie Simmonds will be the one to beat in London.
Paralympic swimmer Frederiksen keen for big-stage return
2nd July 2011 - BBC Sport
Paralympic champion Heather Frederiksen has more than just winning medals on her mind ahead of this week’s IPC European Swimming Championships in Berlin.
One hundred hopefuls for 2012
21st July 2011 - The Guardian
20-year-old Jon Fox recently broke two world records while fine-tuning his build-up to the London 2012 Paralympics at the IPC Swimming European Championships in Berlin.
Q&A: BT Life
2nd August 2011 - BT Life
Read an extract from Paralympic champion Liz Johnson’s Q&A for the BTLife website.
Giving my personal best ahead of Paralympic year
11th July 2011 - London2012.com
At the International Paralympic Committee Swimming European Championships in Berlin, I finally completed my set of major championship gold medals (World Long Course, World Short Course, European and Paralympic).
Destiny calls for Watkin
23rd September 2011 - The Daily Mail
Win or lose at the Paralympics next summer, world champion swimmer Louise Watkin has another life-changing landmark coming up in 2012.
Brother Oliver will be just another rival in London
29th September 2011 - Nottingham Evening Post
Mansfield swimmer Sam Hynd is keeping his fingers crossed London 2012 is a family affair but concedes brother Oliver will be just another rival when he takes to the pool at next year’s Paralympics.
Countdown to 2012
21st September 2011 - Southern Water website
I’ve been involved in a number of events recently, the biggest of which was being invited as a representative of swimming to attend the ‘One year to go’ ticket release event in Trafalgar Square.
Rodgers vows not to be knocked off course
8th September 2011 - The Times
What is remarkable about Susie Rodgers is not that she burst from nowhere to win five gold medals at the IPC European Swimming Championships this summer - but that she swims, very fast, in a straight line.
2012 Profile
24th August 2011 - The Guardian
I started swimming in Glasgow when I was about four-and-a-half years old. My parents bought me a six-week learning block and I didn’t actually get in the water until week six of that because it was too cold and I didn’t want to get in.
