Caitlin McClatchey

Caitlin McClatchey is adamant she will not be putting individual glory before team success as she steps up her preparations for the Olympics. Caitlin McClatchey won bronze at the 2005 world championships in Canada. (Picture: Getty) A surprise defeat to Rebecca Turner in the Great Britain trials has left the 26-year-old Portsmouth-born swimmer with work to do if she is to represent her country in the 200metres freestyle in London. But experienced McClatchey knows she must be in top condition...Read Full Story

The picture is The Cube where all the swimming and aquatics will take place. Easy to find on a dark night I suspect!The british team are presently at a holding camp in Osaka which has fantastic facilities before moving up to the Olympic Village on the 5th August. The swimming events start on the first full day this Saturday and Team GB has a really strong squad of 37.It has been 20 years since Britain won Gold, and it was only in 2000 in Sydney that we failed to pick up a single medal...Read Full Story

Caitlin McClatchey admits next week’s British Swimming Championships in Sheffield is not her sole priority right now.Despite the carrot of earning a spot at October’s Commonwealth Games in Delhi – McClatchey is also juggling a 12,000-word dissertation for her Politics and Social Psychology degree at Loughborough University.At the 2006 Common-wealth Games in Melbourne – McClatchey earned double gold in the 200m and 400m, but the Scot revealed studying had been affecting her preparations.“I...Read Full Story

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