Great Britain Selects Team Of 28 For World Championships In Singapore
A 28-strong Great Britain team has been selected for the World Championships in Singapore, led by Paris 2024 medallists Tom Dean, Duncan Scott, Matt Richards, James Guy and Ben Proud.
Athletes who reached the Olympic podium last year in the French capital were all pre-selected in the event in which they’d claimed a medal.
Duncan Scott & James Guy: Photo Courtesy: Morgan Harlow, Aquatics GB
Scott, Richards, Guy and Proud all won titles at last week’s Aquatics GB Swimming Championships in London with Dean also preselected as part of the men’s 4×2 that made an historic defence in Paris. Jack McMillan – who swam the prelims in Paris – is also on the team as a discretionary pick. One quandary the selectors face is who’ll join Richards in the 200 free with Scott and Guy having tied in a dead heat on the final evening in London.
Adam Peaty was the other individual medallist in Paris with silver in the 100m breaststroke but he won’t be competing in Singapore.
A further eight swimmers were selected after clinching gold inside the cut for Singapore, including Angharad Evans and Oliver Morgan, who broke British records in the 100m breaststroke and 100m backstroke respectively. Evans went 1:05.37 – a time that would have won Paris silver – to go into the top 15 all-time which followed her 200 PB of 2:21.86.
Morgan demolished his 100 back mark in 52.12 as he sliced a 0.58 chunk from his previous record of 52.70 set in the same pool en-route to Olympic qualification a year earlier. That elevated him to second in the 2025 rankings behind Kliment Kolesnikov and his 52.04 from the Russian Championships. He also entered the top 15 performers all-time, topped by Thomas Ceccon and his 51.60 WR set at the 2022 World Championships in Budapest.
Keanna MacInnes, Freya Colbert, Eva Okaro, Max Litchfield, Katie Shanahan and Abbie Wood are also on the plane to Singapore after winning their respective events within the QT.
Angharad Evans: Photo Courtesy: Aquatics GB
Evans and Okaro will make their senior long-course worlds debuts along with Greg Butler, Leah Schlosshan, Ed Mildred and 17-year-old Jacob Mills. Mills, who is coached by Jamie Main at Repton School, had an eye-opening meet, winning 100 free silver behind Richards in 48.03 before heading the 50 free prelims in 21.96. He went on to finish second behind Olympic silver medallist Proud in 21.99.
Aquatics GB performance director Chris Spice said: “We were treated to a week of top-quality racing at the Aquatics GB Swimming Championships, with so many Worlds selection times met and countless finals going down to the very last strokes. It is always a pleasure to see events being moved on as well, so a special mention to Angharad Evans and Oliver Morgan for their respective British records, which bode really well for the season ahead.
“This is an exciting team that genuinely combines world-class experience in the sport’s biggest arenas with a host of up-and-coming talents who we hope can gain invaluable insight in the summer, both in terms of competition but also being around our athletes and staff in a World Championship environment.
Ollie Morgan: Photo Courtesy: Morgan Harlow, Aquatics GB
“As always, the focus for everyone involved is on delivering a season’s best performance in the summer, and everything we do between now and late July will be working towards that.
“Seeing how swimmers like Jacob Mills, Max Morgan and Holly McGill delivered in front of packed crowds and a TV audience at the London Aquatics Centre last week means they are already on the right track to do that.
Equally, it is always promising to see the way our experienced big hitters, including Duncan Scott, Matt Richards and Abbie Wood, were able to show their class and perform strongly after some well-deserved breaks post-Paris, and that is encouraging in terms this summer, our ongoing relay prospects and the longer-term picture over the next Olympic cycle.”
Great Britain team for the World Championships, Singapore, from 27 July – 3 August
- Tom Dean, Bath Performance Centre
- James Guy, Manchester Performance Centre
- Ben Proud, Chelsea & Westminster Swimming Club
- Matt Richards, Manchester Performance Centre
- Duncan Scott, University of Stirling
The above athletes were pre-selected as per clauses 4.2 and 4.3 of the relevant selection policy, after confirmation from the GB Head Coach.
- Freya Colbert, Loughborough Performance Centre
- Angharad Evans, University of Stirling
- Max Litchfield, Loughborough Performance Centre
- Keanna MacInnes, University of Stirling
- Oliver Morgan, University of Birmingham
- Eva Okaro, Repton
- Katie Shanahan, University of Stirling
- Abbie Wood, Loughborough Performance Centre
The above athletes are selected after winning an individual event at the Aquatics GB Swimming Championships and recording a time that equals or betters the required qualifying times, as per clause 4.4 of the selection policy.
- Luke Greenbank, Loughborough Performance Centre
- Holly McGill, University of Stirling
- Jacob Mills, Repton
The above athletes are selected after placing second in an individual event at the Aquatics GB Swimming Championships and recording a time that equals or betters the required qualifying times, as per clause 4.5 of the selection policy.
- Freya Anderson, University of Stirling
- Greg Butler, Loughborough Performance Centre
- Lucy Hope, University of Stirling
- Edward Mildred, Manchester Performance Centre
- Leah Schlosshan, Manchester Performance Centre
- Jacob Whittle, Bath Performance Centre
The above athletes are selected as part of relay combinations that equalled or bettered the required qualifying times, as per clause 4.6 of the selection policy.
- Lauren Cox, Loughborough Performance Centre
- Evan Jones, Manchester Performance Centre
- Jonathon Marshall, Carnegie Swimming Club
- Jack McMillan, University of Stirling
- Max Morgan, Reeds Swimming Club
- Emily Richards, Manchester Performance Centre
The above athletes are selected at the discretion of the Performance Director and GB Head Coach. These selections are based on performances at the 2025 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships; providing relay alternates for athletes with busy schedules; medal opportunities in new 50m Olympic events; and athletes that are on a trajectory to podium success at the LA 2028 Olympic Games), as per clause 4.7 of the selection policy.
The following coaches have been selected to support the Great Britain team, under the guidance of Aquatics GB swimming Head Coach Steven Tigg:
- Lisa Bates, Chelsea & Westminster Swimming Club
- Scott Goadby, Loughborough Performance Centre
- Bradley Hay, University of Stirling
- David Hemmings, Loughborough Performance Centre
- Ben Higson, University of Stirling
- Ryan Livingstone, Manchester Performance Centre
- David McNulty, Bath Performance Centre