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British Swimming (organisation)

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British Swimming is the national governing body of swimming, water polo, synchronised swimming, diving and open water in Great Britain. [1]

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Aberavon

Aberavon (Aberafan) is a settlement in Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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British Olympic Association

The British Olympic Association (BOA) is the National Olympic Committee for the United Kingdom.

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British Swimming (organisation)

British Swimming is the national governing body of swimming, water polo, synchronised swimming, diving and open water in Great Britain.

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British Swimming Championships (50 m) 2008

The British Swimming Championships (50 m) 2008 were held at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield from 31 March to 6 April 2008.

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British Swimming Championships (50 m) 2009

The British Gas Swimming Championships (50 m) 2009 were held at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield from 16–20 March 2009.

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British Swimming Championships (50m) 2014

The British Gas Swimming Championships (50 m) 2014 were held at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre, Glasgow from 10–15 April 2014.

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Cambridge

Cambridge is a university city and the county town of Cambridgeshire, England, on the River Cam approximately north of London.

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Cardiff

Cardiff (Caerdydd) is the capital of, and largest city in, Wales, and the eleventh-largest city in the United Kingdom.

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Cardiff International Pool

Cardiff International Pool is an Olympic-sized swimming pool built as a public-private funded project, with a partnership between Cardiff Council (land owner), OLLC which is a partnership between Orion Land & Leisure and Explore Investments (developers) and Parkwood Leisure (operator).

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Centrica

Centrica plc is a British multinational energy and services company with its headquarters in Windsor, Berkshire.

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Coventry

Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England.

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Crystal Palace National Sports Centre

The National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace in south London, England is a large sports centre and athletics stadium.

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Crystal Palace, London

Crystal Palace is an area in South London, England, named after the Crystal Palace Exhibition building which stood in the area from 1854 until it was destroyed by fire in 1936.

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Diving

Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, usually while performing acrobatics.

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Dundee

Dundee (Dùn Dè) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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European Sponsorship Association

The European Sponsorship Association (ESA) represents those involved in sponsorship across Europe.

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Federation

A federation (also known as a federal state) is a political entity characterized by a union of partially self-governing provinces, states, or other regions under a central (federal) government.

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FINA

FINA or Fédération internationale de natation (English: International Swimming Federation) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administering international competition in water sports.

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Glasgow

Glasgow (Glesga; Glaschu) is the largest city in Scotland, and third most populous in the United Kingdom.

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Gloucester

Gloucester is a city and district in Gloucestershire, England, of which it is the county town.

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Great Britain

Great Britain, also known as Britain, is a large island in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe.

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Great Britain men's national water polo team

The Great Britain men's national water polo team is the representative for Great Britain in international men's water polo.

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John Charles Centre for Sport

The John Charles Centre for Sport is a sports facility in South Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

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Kellogg's

Kellogg's is a DBA for the Kellogg Company, an American multinational food-manufacturing company headquartered in Battle Creek, Michigan, United States.

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Leeds

Leeds is a city in the metropolitan borough of Leeds, in the county of West Yorkshire, England.

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Leeds International Pool

The Leeds International Pool often referred to as the Leeds International Baths, was a swimming facility in Leeds city centre, West Yorkshire, England.

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Leicester

Leicester ("Lester") is a city and unitary authority area in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire.

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LEN

Ligue Européenne de Natation or LEN (trans: European Swimming League) is the European governing body for aquatic sports affiliated to FINA—it is the Continental Association for Europe.

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LEN European Aquatics Championships

The European Aquatics Championships is the continental Aquatics championship for Europe, which is organised by LEN—the governing body for aquatics in Europe.

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List of British records in swimming

The British records in swimming are ratified by the United Kingdom's governing body in swimming, British Swimming.

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List of long course swimming pools in the United Kingdom

This is an annotated list of swimming pools in the United Kingdom which conform to the Olympic standard.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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London Aquatics Centre

The London Aquatics Centre is an indoor facility with two swimming pools and a diving pool in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park at Stratford, London.

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London Prepares series

London Prepares series is the banner under which the test events for the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games were held.

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Loughborough

Loughborough is a town in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England, seat of Charnwood Borough Council, and home to Loughborough University.

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Loughborough University

Loughborough University (abbreviated as Lough for post-nominals) is a public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, in the East Midlands of England.

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Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 530,300.

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Manchester Aquatics Centre

The Manchester Aquatics Centre ("MAC") is a public aquatics sports facility south of the city centre of Manchester, England, north of the main buildings of the University of Manchester near Manchester Metropolitan University.

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Marketing Week

Marketing Week is a business magazine focused on the marketing industry in the UK.

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Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland, variously described as a country, province or region.

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Norwich

Norwich (also) is a city on the River Wensum in East Anglia and lies approximately north-east of London.

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Olympic Games

The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (Jeux olympiques) are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions.

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Olympic-size swimming pool

An Olympic-size swimming pool conforms to regulated dimensions, large enough for international competition.

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Open water swimming

Open water swimming takes place in outdoor bodies of water such as open oceans, lakes, and rivers.

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Paralympic Games

The Paralympic Games is a major international multi-sport event involving athletes with a range of disabilities, including impaired muscle power (e.g. paraplegia and quadriplegia, muscular dystrophy, post-polio syndrome, spina bifida), impaired passive range of movement, limb deficiency (e.g. amputation or dysmelia), leg length difference, short stature, hypertonia, ataxia, athetosis, vision impairment and intellectual impairment.

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Plymouth

Plymouth is a city situated on the south coast of Devon, England, approximately south-west of Exeter and west-south-west of London.

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Plymouth Life Centre

The Plymouth Life Centre is a leisure centre in Central Park, Plymouth run by Everyone Active in partnership with Plymouth City Council.

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Ponds Forge

Ponds Forge International Sports Centre is a leisure complex in Sheffield, England that contains an Olympic-sized swimming pool with seating for 2,600 spectators, family and children's pools, water slides and other sports facilities.

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Sandfields, Port Talbot

Sandfields (Welsh: Traethmelyn) is a mainly residential district of Port Talbot, Wales.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Scottish Swimming

Scottish Swimming, also known as the Scottish Amateur Swimming Association (SASA), is the national governing body for swimming, diving, water polo and synchronised swimming in Scotland.

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Sheffield

Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England.

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Speedo

Speedo International Ltd. is an Australian manufacturer and distributor of swimwear and swim-related accessories based in Nottingham, England.

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Sports governing body

A sports governing body is a sports organization that has a regulatory or sanctioning function.

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SportsPro

SportsPro is a London, UK-based media company focusing on the business, commercial and governance aspects of global sport.

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Stockport

Stockport is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester city centre, where the River Goyt and Tame merge to create the River Mersey.

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Swansea

Swansea (Abertawe), is a coastal city and county, officially known as the City and County of Swansea (Dinas a Sir Abertawe) in Wales, UK.

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Swim England

Swim England is the brand name for the Amateur Swimming Association, the first sport governing body of swimming to be established in the world and today remains the English national governing body for swimming, diving, water polo, open water swimming, and synchronised swimming.

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Swim Ireland

Swim Ireland (Cumann Snámh Éireann) is the national governing body of swimming, diving, water polo, open water swimming and synchronized swimming in the island of Ireland (Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland).

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Swim Wales

Swim Wales (Nofio Cymru) (WASA) (founded 1897 as the Welsh Amateur Swimming Association) is the national governing body of diving, swimming (including open water and synchronised swimming) and water polo, in Wales.

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Swimming (sport)

Swimming is an individual or team sport that requires the use of ones arms and legs to move the body through water.

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Synchronised swimming

Synchronised swimming (renamed as artistic swimming since July 2017 by the global governing body FINA), is a hybrid form of swimming, dance, and gymnastics, consisting of swimmers performing a synchronised routine (either solo, duet, mixed duet, free team, free combination, and highlight) of elaborate moves in the water, accompanied by music.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, commonly referred to simply as The Telegraph, is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally.

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Tollcross International Swimming Centre

The Tollcross International Swimming Centre is a swimming pool and leisure centre in Glasgow.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.

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Wales Empire Pool

The Wales Empire Pool, known locally as the Empire Pool, was an international standard swimming pool building, located in Cardiff, Wales from 1958 until it was demolished in 1998.

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Wales National Pool

The Wales National Pool (Pwll Cenedlaethol Cymru) is a 50-metre swimming pool in the Sketty area of Swansea, Wales.

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Walsall

Walsall is an industrial town in the West Midlands of England.

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Water polo

Water polo is a competitive team sport played in the water between two teams.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Swimming_(organisation)

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