Day 7 Swimming: European Championships

Welcome to the final day of competition at the European

Championships. Some of the worlds best swimmers are doing battle in

that Aquatic Centre in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Britain's

swimmers have six opportunities to get themselves onto the podium. Fran

Halsall and Ben proud sprinting physics as, it's the British

champions up against a Olympic champions. Jazz Carlin already has a

silver in her pocket from the 800, she goes in the 400. Great Britain

's men and women are in the medley relays. On the final they of

competition that is how the medal table currently stands. We have more

medals than anyone else but Italy have more silver, and Hungary have

more gold. Things could change today. Keep an eye on the Italians

on the Hungary on. First up this evening Fran Halsall goes in the 50m

freestyle final. She is defending her European title. Last night she

was defending in the 50m back. COMMENTATOR: Interesting in the

first step. A very good start indeed from Great Britain's Fran Halsall in

the five. But for the wonderful starting five. She's got a clear

head lead at the moment. She's going very well at the moment, Fran

Halsall. Nielsen is in four. Halsall is the European champion in the 50m

backstroke. Fran Halsall is halfway to defending her European sprint

double, she qualified fastest 50m freestyle final, let's see how she

goes. COMMENTATOR: The finalists for the women's 50 to free, Fran Halsall

be fastest qualifier. Kromowidjojo Olympic champion so far only second.

What a final this is going to be. The finalists are being introduced

from slowest into the centre. This is lane seven, Khitraya of Belarus.

This is the queen of sprint freestyle over the last ten years,

she's gold medals, she is brilliant. An amazing career that Therese has

had. Jeanette Ottesen coming out of a high res, such a powerhouse, a

really strong swimmer. She is suffering from a cold, she was

saying on Facebook today but it's not holding her back this week.

saying on Facebook today but it's Santamans of France goes in lane

three. She is between Halsall and Alshammar. Now, she won two gold

medals in this pool four years ago and she's up against Fran Halsall of

Great Britain, the defending champion, the British champion, the

Commonwealth champion. What a final this is going to be. She is swimming

out of her skin at these championships, surprising even

herself with how fast she is going. She is and she felt good in that

semifinal, she knew it was fast. Maybe we could see something even

quicker tonight, that would be great. Fran is taking her time.

Everyone is standing in the swimming costume, she is still taking her

time. Last out, controlling the time costume, she is still taking her

that the starter will set go. Amazing experience, your heart is

fluttering when you are doing that. She has won the gold in the 50 back,

gold in mixed medley relay, this one left. Some of the fastest aquatic

women in the world, the final of the women's 50 to free. Halsall in four.

Fran had a fantastic start in the backstroke and that was really where

it was one. Kromowidjojo in five has a really good start, possibly the

best in the world. Fran is really going for it but Kromowidjojo have

had a quick start, away from Holland in the centre there. Fran Halsall

still in the mix. It looks like European champion women's 50 to

free, Kromowidjojo of Holland. The silver went to Fran Halsall and the

bronze to Jeanette Ottesen of Denmark. I suppose that was probably

to be expected. What a quick swim. 24.0.7 was the winning time. She

looks delighted with that. Ranomi superb, she had an excellent start.

She just couldn't catch her. Only half an arm straight in it but

Ranomi Kromowidjojo wins gold in the women's 50 to the of. -- freestyle.

I feel a bit deflated because we got so excited, we went on about doing

the sprint double, defending her title again, it's still impressive

and they heck of a week per Fran, what will she make of that? I think

she will be pleased. She went a bit faster last night. Sorry, my voice

is awful. She did lose a bit on the start but you saw on the backstroke,

she's got such a strong start. She just had too much to crawl back, I

think. Let's see how she feels about it. How do you feel about that one?

To me the start wasn't as good as last night. I don't know. Have to

look back at it. I'm under 24.5 so I can't complain really. It's been a

super weekly. It has, doubled up on Tuesday, double. Last night, doubled

up tonight. It's a big week of training, really. I really enjoyed

it, it's been a great week. I've got be relayed to come now. Onwards and

upwards to the next one. As a sprinter you have to race into Rio.

Exactly. Every race is an opportunity. Practice your race

processes. That's what I'm doing. It's been my best series of swings

so far this year that I've ever done so I can't complain. Well done,

Fran. No complaints Halsall but this is her Olympic event, what should

she do now from here? First of all take a lot of confidence. She's got

good times, the thought of times that will put her in the final for

the Olympics. 24.0 would get her a medal. When she's relaxing and she's

having fun she gets the best out of herself. I would say race as much as

possible on the European circuit before Rio. Time for Ben proud who

goes in the 50m freestyle. Defending champion, Olympic champion, world

champion Florent Manaudou of France in four. What a job Ben Proud has

got here. Here is Ben Proud of Great Britain, what a great job John is

doing with him. Can he take on the world's fastest? He's had a superb

set of heat and semifinal but that's the man he's going to have to beat

and look at the side of him. Tall and wide. He is a huge, strong and

fast swimmer. These are the big boys, some call them the show

ponies. Some call them be thoroughbreds. They are cocky and

brush, they have to be. I say they are the fastest humans in water.

There's Ben, who goes in five, right next to Florent Manaudou, the

fastest man in the world. This is great experience the bend. Four

years younger than Manaudou. Every time he gets to stand in the centre

of the Paul, a great experience. The final of the men's 50 to free.

Manaudou generally a good starter. Ben Proud has had a great start in

the centre in the final. Goodness heavens, the power of Florent

Manaudou, coming he's not winning by that much at the moment. Proud is

still there. Manaudou has got it by...

It's difficult to tell when they are finishing that close but Florent

Manaudou, he is so tall with a huge reach. He's going to have edge in

the closing stages. You can see that power generated underwater. Got to

trust the timing. Manaudou's arms are definitely longer. He wins the

gold. Govorov the silver. That's the first

medal in that event for a British bike in 1996, which was yours. Good

stat. Ben Proud has had a brilliant year, set a lifetime best, what will

he make of this week? He will take a lot of confidence. This year he's

had quite a few 21s swims. Manaudou was the favourite and he wasn't 1

had quite a few 21s swims. Manaudou you put him under pressure, it can

be you put him under pressure, it can

stay with them. He just needs to turn up a bit quicker. Let's hear

from Ben. Congratulations, another medal. How would you summarise this

week swimming? It's been great. Such a big competition. It's easy to get

into the habit of getting PBs. I'm really delighted with the way things

have gone. Two 21 seconds. Manaudou, who everyone was beginning to pin-up

medal on, only one tenth away. That's freestyle, it's such a

blanket finish. Manaudou didn't go as fast. I maintained the same but

it's completely different to the way things were yesterday. I'm really

happy with the way it went. Well done, a good weeks work. I think he

will take confidence from this, he looked happier than we seen him at

other times and justifiably so. With Ben and this event, you can't

underestimate that age is on his side at the minute. Yes, and you

naturally get stronger. Especially in the sprint freestyle its men

against boys. He's still growing. When I was down there in Plymouth a

few days ago I said how tall are When I was down there in Plymouth a

and he said about 61, I was thinking, you are taller than that.

He measured himself and he was was six foot three. When Manaudou went

into the wall, he is three inches taller and has huge long arms. Ben

is growing in confidence all the time. His back is big, he's looking

strong. He's not little. LAUGHTER Joking aside, on that event, every

little bit to make the difference. And anything that can help that will

help in the pool. Let's turn our attention to the women's 50 to

breast stroke. It is particularly loud in here so bear with us.

COMMENTATOR: The world champion is the fastest qualifier, Jennie

Johansson of Sweden. Hrafnhildur Luthersdottir has won silver and

bronze, can she get a gold? It is not out of the question. Here is

Johansson. We've had the world champion on the 50m, Jennie

Johansson. A bit of a Scandinavian final, this.

Two fins, two suites, and Icelander. The final of the women's 50 to

breast stroke. The fastest qualifier, Jennie Johansson of

Sweden in four. She's the world champion but has never won this

European Championship title. She has started OK but not great, Sophie

Hansson of Sweden in lane two going well. Also going well in six, seven

and eight. This is going to be really exciting this last 15 metres.

Jennie Johansson has no European Championship title yet, maybe she's

got it, yes she does. Jennie Johansson wins the women's 50 to

breast eggs. All three girls seemed delighted

with that race. I have to say, losers. Dear was finishing well. --

Hrafnhildur Luthersdottir was finishing well. Johansson just timed

in that bit better for gold. Jennie Johansson wasn't the fastest way.

Just able to get to that wall a tiny bit quicker. Well, she's world

champion and now she's European champion, Jennie Johansson of Sweden

wins the Women's 50m Breaststroke. It's not an Olympic event, so it's a

great opportunity to race and practice the race essentials. Jennie

Johansson the champion, Luthersdottir the silver and

Laukkanen the bronze. STUDIO

So, that is not an Olympic event, but why haven't some of our young

breaststroke girls used that as an opportunity to practice? Yes, we're

obviously very strong at Brest rogue, male and

-- strong at breaststroke, male and female. For them, the relay is

coming up, so why focus on doing a 50 win the focus is on the relay?

The other thing, the 200 breaststroke is a come down to the

100. To show the difference between these girls and the

-- the rest of the world, they were doing 30.2, but the best in the

world ended 29.4. This happened last night and we haven't shared it with

you yet. Let's join the race at halfway when Britain are in the

lead. Britain the world champions in this

event. So, coming up to the halfway stage in this final event, the

relay. Very tight indeed for Holland. It is Great Britain one,

Holland two, Belgium three and Great Britain now. 1.45.16 from James Guy,

superb from him. The Italians really paid, the sprinter was really paying

the price in the closing stages of that leg. Excellent from Great

Britain now. They need to get back on level terms because Belgium and

Italy are obviously still in the race. Luca Dotto going for Italy.

Made higher in the closing stages. Holland in two... They have got a

very quick sprinter on their final leg. Great Britain have dropped back

into second position. Stephen Mills has got some work to do. He's going

to have to give Duncan Scott something to do. He's going to give

him quite a lot to do, this is a fascinating freestyle. Belgium going

excellently as well. A couple of their swimmers pulled out of

individual races today to concentrate on this relay, so it

matters to them. Italy still fighting, Luca Dotto still hanging

on, I expected him to be tightening up towards the end of this race, but

if the Dutch team as dub but they are going to be in credibly tough to

beat in the closing stages against Britain's Duncan Scott. This is

going to be so close. The final leg of the men's 4x200m relay freestyle.

Great Britain in sixth position but very close indeed. Now it is Duncan

Scott, but he's got an awful lot of work to do. I think now may be the

favourite is the Dutch swimmer in lane two. France second and Belgium

third, Great Britain still in it and that is Duncan Scott but goodness me

he has got an awful lot of work to do. He's got to swim his own race,

don't go chasing them down too soon, keep strong for the closing stages.

The backstroke at turn freestyler going well for France in this

freestyle. Now, can Duncan Scott chase down the Belgian swimmer who

is one lane up from him? He's right on his feet,

is one lane up from him? He's right caught too much in that way but

perhaps he can use it to his advantage. This is going to be so

close down this last 50. Lane two, pegged back. The Dutch are going

very well. Polling doing very well as well and up in Lane six it is

Belgium. This is going to be a fantastic last 25 metres. It is

Peter Timmers for fantastic last 25 metres. It is

but Netherlands win it by a whisker! What a wonderful 4x200m freestyle

relay that was. Gold for the Netherlands, the Silver has gone

to... Who is that Indian? Belgium, and the bronze to Italy. Heavens

above, that was quite extraordinary. So, team Netherlands win the men's

4x200m relay. Belgium with the silver, Italy the bronze and Great

Britain finishing down in sixth So, the next race up is the Women's

200m Butterfly. Polieri of Italy is the fastest woman qualifier.

The German, if she goes anywhere near her best, it's going to be

tough to get close. The two youngest swimmers are in the centre lanes.

Polieri 21 and Liliana Szilagyi, 19. One of the older ones, Franziska

Hentke, what that she have to do to make sure she is absolutely ready?

You have to really focus on your own event. It can be as hard when your

team-mates are swimming well as when they are not. Seven days later you

can be sourced from everyone else's swims and

can be sourced from everyone else's race yet. It's really important to

only come down to watch the events and support, pick and choose when

you do that and make sure you get the right preparation, concentrate

and think about what you've got to do. Susanna Jacobus -- Susanna

Jakabos -- Zsuzsanna Jakabos from Hungary. The form is pretty

difficult to read here. Franziska Hentke from Germany, fought that the

World Championships and second fastest in the world this year, but

it's a tough one to read, this one. The world junior champion three

years ago, Szilagyi of Hungary The world junior champion three

five. And then the fastest qualifier, she was only eight that

the European Championships two years ago, Alessia Polieri, ran a fabulous

semifinal time. If she does that again I think she will get a medal.

Whether she will win it... I think she should hopefully have to go a

little bit faster than that. She was the one swim in the semifinal who

looked a bit more committed to getting a fast time. She was

certainly ecstatic with the time she posted. I think Hentke and Zsuzsanna

Jakabos as well will be hard to beat. Mireia Belmonte is not here in

this particular event, she is swimming in the freestyle relay

later on, I think. The winner of the Bronze two years ago is not here

either. What a great opportunity for these women. The final of the

Women's 200m Butterfly at the European Championships.

So, four lengths butterfly, the final of the European Championships

of the Women's 200m Butterfly. That very unique stroke, I was going to

say, but there's two of them. Lane three from the bottom and forth from

the bottom, they're actually looking directly at each other! You don't

often see that in butterfly! I wonder if it's a bit weird for them

especially when they are right head-to-head in the later stages of

the race. Normally in butterfly you look straightforward and try and

keep your body as flat as you possibly can. There's three of them

doing it in a row! Lanes two, three and four. If you breathe to the

right, it drops the opposite shoulder, the left shoulder. You can

get really unbalanced. It's an interesting one, the positive is you

stay flat and the negative is you are a bit unbalanced. It's unusual

to see so many of the swimmers choosing to breathe the side.

Normally you get one or two but half the race is doing it in this one.

Polieri qualified in lane four. Interesting whether that will take

its toll. She's yet to really show, the favourite. She will need to make

a move, Polieri. Szilagyi and the others are good medley swimmers as

well, they have great strength in the closing stages of the event,

they have the endurance from training for the 400 medley as well.

This is fascinating because if it stays like this, any one of five or

six of these women could win this race. Going well out in Lane five is

Szilagyi of Hungary. Starting to charge is Polieri. She has about a

metre and they have still to catch up. Still going well is Szilagyi of

Hungary. At the up. Still going well is Szilagyi of

very well, maybe coming into a gold medal position, also going well is

Polieri... But it is Hentke of Germany by a 100th of a second! She

was nowhere with 50 metres to go but Hentke just stole it. Brilliant

pacing from her but my goodness me that was a late charge. That is why

getting your finishing right is so important.

She wasn't leading until her hands were on the wall. A lot of butterfly

swimmers able to correct their stroke about ten metres out so they

finish on a perfect stroke and she did that. You can see that weird

breathing to the side makes it a little lopsided. But wow, perfect

finish from Hentke. Szilagyi pulled her hands a bit back and while she

was going back, Hentke edges in. Gold in the 200 metre fly for women.

That wasn't what we expected, we were expecting to hear the Italian

national anthem later on. That may have a significant effect on the

medal table because they are just above Britain, no pedal there, what

happened? -- medal. She's not the fastest swimmer. It was interesting

watching her and Hentke breathing to the side, normally they breathe

straight on. That wouldn't have had an effect on the result, she just

wasn't as fast as the others. Traditional butterfly, you come up

and breathe at the front. Those girls were breathing to the side.

They're not watching one another, that's what they do. It keeps your

body a little flatter. It's what suits you, really. Surely you are

looking out as well and keeping an eye on it. Yes, ultimately we've

always talked about it is you, the water and the wall and doing your

own race. In a middle distance event you do push yourself and you are

against other people. Let's you do push yourself and you are

about the 400m individual medley. We thought Dan Wallace was going

about the 400m individual medley. We in this one but he finished

about the 400m individual medley. We pick himself a place in the final.

Let's see how he goes. COMMENTATOR: Heat five of the men's 400m

individual medley. Max Litchfield in lane five. The final heat of this

men's 400 metres individual medley and Max Litchfield from Great

Britain with the blue hat right in the centre that. One lane close to

us is the World Championship silver-medallist, Verraszto. Good

opportunity for Max Litchfield, he's waited quite a while for this 400

beta medley, he was the British champion. Finally he's got a great

of that unity to make this final. He did well to make the final of the

200 medley earlier this week. This is his main event and it's got to be

tough to have to wait to the last day to be swimming your best event.

You see the highs and lows of the rest of the swim team and it's

really important you don't get affected by those. Particularly

wherever your roommate is, you don't get caught up in their swim. It

takes a bit of experience to get used to holding out for those seven

days. Litchfield in the centre, going well. Very tight indeed but

turned first. One of about five or six, very good turn down at the

bottom of the screen. I think that was Gal Nevo of Israel who got a

silver medal on the 200m medley. This field has had a decent fly. The

Hungary and has got a challenge because there are two very good

Hungarians who are slightly faster, only two are allowed to go through.

He's got to be careful here. He and Verraszto will be pushing the heat

is because they want to make sure they are the top 200 Aryans. Not

only are they racing against the rest of the field, there is an

independent race going on. Gyurta already swam in the previous heats.

A bit of an extra battle going on. He does have some work to do. 4.17

is pretty quick. Verraszto probably the class of the field. Max

Litchfield is still very well placed in between those two Hungary and is.

Lovely breaststroke there on the side but look at him going. Strong

breast road, making the most of that. It's about making the most of

your strength in the medley and mitigating your weaknesses. You

don't want to push the weaker strokes so hard it takes everything

out of the strong ones but equally don't want to get left behind. Max

Litchfield, a strong feast I -- a strong freestyler. Verraszto is the

clear favourite for this event. He is using him well. Verraszto looked

comfortable in the fly and the back but he's working this breaststroke

much harder. The final heat of this men's 400 metres individual medley,

Verraszto in first, Nevo, right with Litchfield. This is good to in from

Litchfield. In great position, chasing Verraszto down the pool.

Strong freestyler, a good swim from Max Litchfield. Really good to him

if he can try and get a lane in the centre of the pool for the final,

give himself a great opportunity to chase down David Verraszto who is

the more experienced. He is 27 years of age. A super turn from

Litchfield. He's having a go at the defending champion. This is quite

impressive stuff, really. I didn't expect to be this close, five metres

to go. This final heat of the 400 metre medley. Those three pretty

sure to go through to the final. I think poor old Gratz is going to

be out of the final as the third Hungary on. Max Litchfield will be

hoping to join Ben Proud on that podium. Ben got a podium and macro

bronze medal. A great swim from the 21-year-old comic huge

congratulations to Ben Proud. I want to talk about Dan Wallace, Andy

Jamieson, you were watching the heats earlier on today, what did you

make of his swim? Dan looked uncomfortable in the 400m medley

this morning, he didn't have a good 200m earlier in the week. He and

Commonwealth champion and a key part of the men's four by 200m last year.

He has been selected to Rio but is having a challenging week. Where's

his form and what can he do now, more importantly, so this doesn't

knock you back even more, but to be ready for Rio. He is doing something

quite significant, we've heard he is changing coaches and moving back

from America because he's been out in the States. What do you make of

that? I think it's really important that he shakes it up. The selectors

obviously see something in him, they see that flair he had last year and

in winning the Commonwealth title. There's something there, they need

to work through hard to make sure this hasn't knocked him mentally.

And changing clubs so close to an Olympic Games to make that has made

us possible. What do you say to someone like Dan, if his confidence

has been knocked? How do you pick him up? I'm hoping he's one of those

guys, he's getting a bit older, we all get a bit older every year but

every year it's a bit harder to do the hard work. It breaks you down a

bit more. I'm hoping some swimmers, when they are in heavy training,

they really breaks down and then they come massively up on a Haifa

the actual games themselves. I'm hoping he's one of those. I'm really

hoping he's focusing on the Olympic Games, so he's had a really tough

period of training, he's going to rest and coming up into the Olympic

Games he's going to fly. He's trained in America, they are very

good at that, they are good at working very hard and peaking at one

championships, there are American College National 's. I think he can

do it but I would make sure he's OK and do whatever we can to make sure

he's on top. He's still got just under 11 weeks to go, it's a long

time. I wouldn't panic, plenty to do, make sure he's working hard and

then give him a longer rest into the championship and hopefully he'll be

right on it the day he has to swim in Rio. I'm sure I'm not the any

person who wants to see those celebrations. We have got Max

Litchfield in this one. Time for the 400m individual medley.

COMMENTATOR: Max is in lane five, second fastest qualifier. In lane

four, the big contrary, the defending champion Verraszto of

Hungary. There is Gyurta, he is pretty much a

distance swimmer. There are a couple of distance swimmers and a couple of

flyers. Gal Nevo, he did really well in the individual medley. You expect

to see more of them doubling up, the 200m and 400m medley. No surprise

the distance freestylers are in the mix here. They are the swimmers that

are in the pool the longest, putting in the most metres. A different kind

of training and if you're doing the 50m. It lends itself well to spread

over those kind of events. Max Litchfield, the 21-year-old from

Sheffield, representing Great Britain. He's not swum any major

championship so this is going to be a really interesting experience for

him. He is next to David Verraszto, the defending champion. The great

thing for me is that Max Litchfield can practice every single phase of

his race, going through each phase. Absolutely, sitting next to David

Verraszto, he's been Absolutely, sitting next to David

watch what he's doing, learn from it and go through that nerve wracking

experience of sitting on your own right before you go out in the

centre lane for a European Championship final. This is one of

the more difficult things to do, if you are announced last you are the

last guy to get ready to go so you are the last guy with your top on

and you feel like everyone is watching you. You just have to be

called, stay in control. Fran did it wonderfully in her final. She was

great at it, great experience for Litchfield in lane five. Verraszto

in lane four. Max Litchfield a bit slow to get stood on the blocks and

again controlling the start. It was fine but everyone waiting for him

again. That's interesting to see. He was very quick way, fastest reaction

of all eight swimmers. It's unusual on a 400 medley, they don't

necessarily have back commitment to a quick start. And to see, we talk

about working all the phases and that's what he's doing. He was 0.6

for the second from when the gun went when his toes left the block.

He was one 100th ahead of Gal Nevo of Israel. The rest of the guys a

tent or two back. This is a good fly leg for Great Britain's Litchfield.

Slightly awkward stroke... His kick is maybe a bit early but it's

effective. That's about what he did in the heats and now we expect

Verraszto to start moving now, his backstroke is really good. A good

200m backstroke, excellent start from Max Litchfield. A very strange

stroke, stiff looking but it was effective. He needs to hang in

there. The week as part of his event is the back breast. He's a strong

freestyler. If he can start chasing swimmers down, picking them off, he

will do really well and can work towards a great time. Did turn from

Litchfield using the underwater phase. Keith using energy there, he

could keep his head a bit more still. It's slightly Paula

Radcliffe. It is, nodding his head, acknowledging the crowds, maybe.

The Hungarian leaving, and great to see Britain's Max Litchfield in

second place. There are some very strong swimmers in this field,

interesting to see how they come back. The Hungarian in seven is also

an excellent distance freestyler too. He's going to have his work cut

out here. When I was swimming medleys, I just wanted to get them

behind me. What he's doing well is, within each stroke he's coming back

stronger on the second 50 of every stroke. Max Litchfield is doing that

superbly. Some very good freestyler is lining up just behind and just

ahead of him. No doubt about the leader, Verraszto of Hungary. He won

the last event here. Verraszto first, second is Nagy, and then

Lichfield. He has some huge work to do some yellow Max Litchfield good

at the 200 and 400 freestyle. He has the turn of speed that you might

need. Gyurta is good over distance. What can Max Litchfield find? He's

forth just at the moment but he is right in the hunt. I don't think

he's going to catch Verraszto but he has a battle for the bronze medal or

maybe even the silver medal. The Italian one lane up from him. Just

in the bronze medal position, Verraszto wins it, Nagy in second

and it was a valiant effort from Max Lichfield but he just lost it in the

end. Verraszto of Hungary defending his title. No doubt about the

winner. Great swim from Verraszto. Looks a bit nonplussed about the

whole thing really! Hungary having a great meet. It was the backstroke

leg that really made the difference. There you can see he was being

closed down but he still had enough. He looked very tired at the end.

Well, David Verraszto wins the men's individual 400 metres medley from

Hungary. Lichfield down in fifth, but not a bad swim. He will have

learnt a lot from that. Max Litchfield has had a good year,

won the British title a couple of months ago. Missed out on a medal in

Berlin and missed out on a medal here, how does he move it on? I

think. Unlike Max, who is not a very experienced senior athlete, it's

really tough to enter these competitions now. Swimming well in

the heats to enter the finals and then backing it up and running close

to your personal best. We don't have a massive amount of depth in the

country so when he goes to the British event a month ago, he didn't

have to swim that fast in the heat to make it through to the final.

Going through to Rio, that is something he can take away from this

hit and you have to use that and give yourself a bit of confidence,

even though it is three seconds off his personal best. I know he went in

second into the final but the final time was closer to what he did in

the heat. The flight looked lovely, nice and long and relaxed.

Backstroke is not bad, lovely underwater. His freestyle was a bit

crabby towards the end. I mean a bit like this, it didn't flow too

But a lot of people's strokes, it But a lot of people's strokes, it

under the water -- on top of the water,

under the water -- on top of the underneath. It is about that

experience. Verraszto didn't win a medal at any major championships

until 24, and medal at any major championships

only 21, so a lot of positives. You're talking about taking away

positives and negatives, and we will talk about what happened for you

pre-Beijing, because that will be interesting for a lot of the

athletes. Let's hear from Max now though. Max, very consistent today,

what will you take away from these championships? It's about the

process really and nailing down what we can be doing well in Rio. I'm

really happy with those swims, the fastest times I've had and to back

it up is great. What sort of difference would you like to see?

What do you think you cannot out a 400 IM in? I think I cancel a little

bit quicker, especially my 400 IM in? I think I cancel a little

breaststroke. It just brings it all together really. Thank you very

much. Last night Britain got two gold medals in the pool. We have

already seen Fran Halsall's, here is the other one.

COMMENTATOR: The final of the men's 200 metre breaststroke. Very fast

COMMENTATOR: The final of the men's indeed is Peter Stevens and number

three for Slovenia. What a great warm up this is for the Olympic

Games. Murdoch could be on for a medal but it's all about Peaty!

Peaty wins gold. His time, 26.66, exactly the same time as the

semifinal, a exactly the same time as the

his world record that he broke here before. That is a relief brilliant

swim from him and what a great race. Gold in the hundred and now gold in

the 50. Quick reactions but again not the best way underwater. Look at

that power. So quick on that takeover. Great flow. Ross coming

back stronger all the time in that race but couldn't catch Peter

Stevens. Adam Beattie nodded his head alike, that will do! -- had a

Peaty. It certainly will do, Adam Peaty successfully defends the title

he won before, very fast. Splash and dash! If you put too much thought

into it... I got the same time as yesterday. Really happy with that.

You must be very pleased. It's very excited for you? That's my ninth

race this week so far, so I'm delighted with the way my body has

held up through the week. To get a medal in my weakest event, I'm

absolutely delighted. It was gold in the 200 metres best Rob, silver in

the 100 metres best Rob and now bronze in the 50. -- the 100 metre

breatstroke. What a meet Rob has had.

It was gold in the 100 and now it's gold in the 50. Very close to the

world record as well. He's not rested but my goodness me he will be

ready in 11 weeks from today. European Champions Cup the men's 50

metres breatstroke, Adam Peaty of Great Britain.

STUDIO That was the Swedish national anthem

for Jennie Johansson. Jazz Carlin has a ready got one medal this week

and now she is going in the 400. I think missing out four years ago was

really tough. Me, my family and everyone who had seen me throughout

my career. A home Olympics as well, that only comes around once every

lifetime really. I wanted to give it one more shot and think I'm going to

give it everything and throw everything at it. It's been four

years of worry, stress, heartache and it has carried on through and it

will be a relief. How has being here in Bath and moving your training

base helped? I think when you move programme it's always quite

different, you never know how you're going to adapt to the training,

whether it's going to take a few months or a year. Last year I didn't

really have the biggest expectations but I knew with McNulty might coach

that we were going to put together a great programme. I know going into

Rio that is going to be so important. I need him and I've got

so much respect and trust for him. We're going to work together so hard

to make Rio a success. It's going to be my first Olympics and that's so

exciting, I'm going to be going to a competition I've never been to

before. I've got that drive to do well in training. Everyone has got

dreams and goals and I'm going to do everything I can.

COMMENTATOR: The bronze has gone to Jazz Carlin, she has finally got a

medal at the European Championships! What would an Olympic medal mean to

you? I think everything. Just being at Olympics is amazing, only once

every four years, had been on the podium would be amazing. Wearing the

kit is amazing that you want to be on that podium and fighting for the

medals. I can't wait to put everything into training for the

race in Rio. Here is Jazz Carlin. Jazz, the

defending champion. It looks like it's going to be gold

to tap the Hungarian and the silver medal to Jazz Carlin of Great

Britain. Today was a silver but I'm looking forward to the 400 on

Sunday. A great silver medal for Great Britain's Jazz Carlin.

Let's bring in Sharron Davies on this one. She has actually lived

with you for a little while. Just talk us through how much it means to

her? When she moved from Wales to be at Bath, she was looking for

somewhere to stay briefly and she stayed with me. She's extremely

careful with her food. One of the things they've been trying to work

on is putting a bit of muscle and wait on, because she's a ferret. I

think she burns up quite a lot of nervous energy, so that has been one

of her big plans. I would love to see her do it because nobody works

any harder than Jazz does. She really deserves it. She's been

really consistent in the last four years and she just needs to keep it

together this year. She has had some injuries but there are 11 weeks and

if anyone can do it, jazz can. -- Jazz can. Listen to the cheers for

Jazz Carlin. You are laughing at me because every time the British crowd

goes crazy, I say "Listen to that"! As someone who will never experience

that, that must be the best As someone who will never experience

in the world? It is amazing. As someone who will never experience

Especially this weekend has been sold out, great to see everyone

coming out to support the athletes. The Hungarian is fantastic, she has

got golds in other events. It's going to be a tough race for Jazz.

In 11 weeks's time, we don't even have the Americans and Australians

in this one, a tough fight for Jazz? Yes, but coming here, she knows the

work she's doing at the moment. All these girls are at different

work she's doing at the moment. All of their preparations. Katie

work she's doing at the moment. All has gone, she has won the gold

medal. But what about that that but she

medal. But what about that that but the Olympic trials, you can't really

have that. Lately I would say her best bet is the 400. Well, Jazz

Carlin goes in A silver medal for Jazz Carlin

bumped Britain up to second in the medal table, just ahead of Italy.

How will she be feeling? She'll be absolutely buzzing. That was only

0.5 after the Olympic trials. The 400 is looking really strong. She

needs to work a bit on her terms, and that leg kick, it really

frustrates me, she just needs to bring her legs kick on a bit earlier

on in the race. I've done loads of training sessions with Jazz and I

know she's got it in her. Ten three macro with which Sharon.

Congratulations. Tee silver medals. Silver is my medals for this meat

but that gives me more motivation for Rio. I'm going to put everything

into training and hopefully I can put it right in Rio. Becky was

talking about those terms, it must frustrate all of us. We have been

working on them. It's about working on your terms but trying to work on

the speed as well which I'm so good at. It's about finding that balance

and we are working on the little things in training but naturally,

just not very gifted at turns unfortunately. It's never going to

be my strongest thing. Looking at the times you've swum, this week,

what will your focus be in Rio? We've got a good block of training

in now and I can really just work on fine tuning the little things. I

want to work with my coach and icon way to get settled back into

training. You're just going to avoid that question. I love both events

and I'm just going to go for both of them and see what happens. Similar

training for both so it's just about working hard and seeing what you can

get. I bet she's thinking, back off on my turns. How important are those

terms? You 14 Olympic medals on how will yours? Mine were awful. You do

so many of them that they should be good. It is time for the 4x100 m

medley relay. COMMENTATOR: The last women's race

of this European Championships, it is the four by 100m medley relay.

Sweden coming across the pool now and without the Hungary and is...

Looking forward to seeing this Great Britain team, what a way to end the

week if they could get on the podium.

week if they could get on the a great opportunity for her. What a

stunning bronze medal that Kathleen Dawson got. Chloe Tartan,

Siobhan-Marie O'Connor and Fran Halsall. Of these eight women,

Kathleen Dawson on the individual, clearly the highest ranked. She got

the bronze. Next highest was Luthersdottir. Lovely

underwater work there from Kathleen Dawson to come up

underwater work there from Kathleen shoulder of Finland. She's going to

be finishing strong. She is not part of the team going

Tokyo 2020. Can she lead this team Tokyo 2020. Can she lead this team

very well. She went 59.68, another sub 60, that's very impressive

swimming from Kathleen Dawson. What a future she's got. She leads by 0.6

seconds. It is the bronze-medallist on the individual 100 metres, its

Chloe Tartan. This is going to be interesting. She too will finish

strong. So key in the relay events, you don't get caught up in the

excitement, still swim to your strengths, hold back, finish strong.

Kathleen Dawson did that to full effect on the opening

Kathleen Dawson did that to full needs to build on that solid

Written looking good at the moment, looking very good indeed. This is

going to be very tight indeed. Coming up to the halfway mark in

this final of the women's four by 100m medley relay. Great Britain

just about coming back into the lead. It is Great Britain first in

six, Finland second, Iceland Bird, very tight indeed. 81 hundredths

between those two. Now we've got Siobhan-Marie O'Connor. It's great

to see Chloe finishing so well. It helps the swimmer whose diving in

the swimmer coming in is finishing strong. It's much easier to take

over. Good start from Mario Connor. Another swimmer who should be

finishing strong towards the end of her leg. This is going to be

fascinating, Fran Halsall is an excellent 50m freestyle, I'm not

sure what she can do on the 100 metre. Chasing her is Hanna-Maria

Seppala... Fran Halsall is in the water, very tight indeed for two and

three. Fran Halsall surely can't give up this leads, they are going

to be chasing her very hard. She's got to sit back, don't go out too

fast, Fran. Hanna-Maria Seppala is a 50m specialist as well. She will

struggle in the closing stages of 100 metres. We love seeing France

win the 100 metre. She concentrates on the 15th but she can bang out a

good 100 metre. The Italians coming back pretty quick. Fran Halsall

isn't going to give this up. She won a wonderful gold medal on that 50m

backstroke and in the mixed medley relay. She did really well on the

Sprint fly and the Sprint free and she finishes with the gold in the

women's four by 100m relay. Its goal to Britain, silver to Italy and

bronze to Finland. Kathleen Dawson led her off, Chloe Tartan with a

brilliant breaststroke leg, Shawn Marie -- Siobhan-Marie O'Connor.

What a solid anchor it was. Super swings from the girls. Individually

they did the job they needed to. They set the right pace, didn't go

out too fast. You see the big crowd can get the adrenaline going and sat

back and worked the second 50 every time in their leg. No one was going

to catch Fran. Very good spirit in the half. -- very good split time

for her. We can't help it, we loved it! What

a performance, Fran and Siobhan. Talk us through that. Every single

swimmer swum their perfect race. Kathleen with a brilliant lead-off.

Chloe with a really strong breast died and got us back into the lead.

Siobhan, an experienced relay swimmers. Fair play to Fran, she is

a team player. She always steps upon the relays. Let's hear from them

now. I was just showing the girls their splits. You caught me

chatting. What a great week you've had, Kathleen. Definitely. I can't

ever imagine coming here and doing that. You get to go home with a

couple of medals including a gold. Definitely, I've no words. Chloe,

you've had a fantastic week, lovely preparation to Rio. Definitely. It

was so much fun and hopefully we can do the same in Rio. You does have

had a handful of gold medals, this is the second one. You had a

fantastic medley relay as well and a great week with your IM. Definitely,

such a good race tonight. Great to finish on a high with these girls,

what an amazing race. It's been a really good week and I think the

team is on a good role and we want to keep it going till the summer.

Are you going to change that this summer? We will do our best. The

Danish decided not to swim in this and that opened the door for us and

credit to all the girls, they put in a good leg. All I had to do was make

sure I hit the wall first again. I feel like I've got an easy ride on

these relays because that's all I have to do! But I'm looking forward

to the Olympics now. I hear you want to open a copy shop? I do, a little

copy shop in the Cheshire region, anyone is welcome! I expect some

freebies when I come! Well done, ladies!

STUDIO Can you swim and open a coffee shop

or is she just giving us an exclusive there? Maybe she's going

to retire and open a coffee shop! Knutsford... Lovely Knutsford! She

Kinder said that after landing, she hinted she might pack it in but

thankfully she didn't. We feel like she's in fantastic form coming in,

could this be her year? I think so and this will be her third Olympic

Games, I think she's learned so much. She is now race smart.

Sometimes she's saying I'm going to get loads and loads of medals, but

now she's saying I just want to enjoy it, I'm training hard. What a

fantastic experience for all of those girls. You've got Kathleen at

one end and Fran at the other end. Let's talk about the swimming now

because earlier in the week mark and Becky did a Facebook live chat. If

you want to see what they said about all things swimming. It's a bit more

general. -- Mark and Becky. It was less about the European

Championships and more about a bathing suit!

Of course these championships aren't just about swimming. Britain has

some very impressive guys and girls just about swimming. Britain has

who go off high boards at just about swimming. Britain has

European Championships went very just about swimming. Britain has

well indeed. It was ace! Dainty little Georgie, hop skip and a jump.

Phenomenal dive. That will be good enough for silver. Exceptional!

Beautiful dive. The British team are on their feet, the coaches are

smiling. Supreme diving from Tom Daley, China bit where! -- China bit

where -- beware! Spectacular finish. Fair to say a very successful

European Championships, Tom Daley. Two gold medals and one elder, how

happy are you? I'm over the moon. It's always amazing being able to

dive in front of a home crowd. This pool has so many great memories for

me. It's so nice to be able to compete in front of your friends and

family and have a sell-out crowd come and cheer. Your mum is over

there, she must be the most nervous woman in Britain! My mum has got

nerves of steel, she just sits there and that's a long, are to delight!

David Smart, the head of British swimming, came over and was like,

Tom did well, didn't he? She was like, yeah, he did all right! It was

0.94 away from the gold medal in the synchro which could have made it a

hat-trick, but I'm over the moon with the individual medals. How

nerve racking is it for you let alone your mum? You and Minibaev

were kind of in your own condition, were you aware of what they were --

what he was doing in his dives? Yes, I watch every dive because I love to

see how they I watch every dive because I love to

on the board it's I watch every dive because I love to

sure I'd do better than them. It just makes me, it gives me that it

more of adrenaline, I guess. Your second dive, you're the only person

who does that in the world. Your face, as

who does that in the world. Your picture. How are you feeling? That

is the dive that makes the competition or breaks it for me, it

is the one. It's risky to do because my arm twister was like a

horrendous. I had to change it and do something different. For me it's

just about making sure I get the start right. If I get the start

right, everything else flows. Banding on that board, it was

terrifying because I knew Victor had just had a great dive before me and

I knew I had to do it better. This is very much a sport where Fortune

favours the brave and you have to take those risks. In the last

European Championships, British divers took on five medals, this

time out, ten medals. How is the mood? Our last Europeans was our

most successful and now we have gone and one ten, which just shows that

British diving is in a really really strong position going to the Olympic

Games. -- won ten. Are you all thinking about Rio now? There's not

a second that goes by when you're not thinking about Rio! How much you

sleep, how much you eat them what training you do, it's all geared

towards that one moment in Rio when you're in a competition and you have

to make all those dives count. It puts us in a good position leading

into Rio. It's a subjective sport, so for the judges to be able to see

us doing so well overall as a team, fingers crossed in this competition

but I think we've won the overall European diving team title. It's

really exciting. I'm going to keep my fingers crossed because I don't

want to jinx you. Congratulations this week and good luck for the next

few months. Thank you very much. That was me talking to Tom last week

before the last dive of the competition. Britain moved to the

top of the table with 11 medals, three gold, five silver and three

bronze. Oh look, Britain are above Italy again! Just saying! That's

all. We heard O'Connor saying to Sharon that success breeds success

and have a knock-on effect, is it the same way with the divers and the

swimmers, do you have much interaction? We're quite different,

I'm obviously social! To be fair, it takes as two powers to leave here!

At the Olympic games it's a multisport event and all the

sportsmen are there together and you do meet the divers and the rowers

and the cyclists and they look at you as if you're mad, in the hall. I

used to chat to everyone. Mark Foster is chatting to everybody and

anyone who will listen. I don't do social media, Hannah Skelton!

Tell-tale, Grasser! We wouldn't have you any other way! We want you

focused. Next up it's time for the Men's 4x100m relay. In the team

tonight we have Chris Walker-Hebborn, Ross Murdoch Duncan

Scott and Robert Rennick. COMMENTATOR: It is the Men's 4x100m

Medley Relay. There are some big guys in this race. France in six are

going to be tough to beat. Hungary in three. And here is team Great

Britain. Chris Walker-Hebborn, he has had a bit of a tough meet. The

first two swimmers were Chris Walker-Hebborn and Adam Peaty. These

guys are going to be difficult to beat. They will be, they've got

Florent Manaudou and you wouldn't want to be anywhere near him when

he's closing down. Let's hope that Sharon is right, success breeds

success and they will just have seen their team-mates win. They won't

want anything less than gold now, will they? There is a great chance

here. The interesting thing for us is that we've got a relatively

strong front end compared to the rest of the field and then, well,

the back end is relatively less strong. That's when everyone...

Interesting full Italy, no Sabbioni, he was the bronze medallist in the

individual backstroke. It may well be that after this first leg, Great

Britain could be in about fourth or fifth, then we get Peaty in and

hopefully we will be ahead if we're lucky. We're starting to rely on him

an awful lot. And then it will be interesting. James guy going on the

butterfly leg, we haven't really had a chance to see how his butterfly is

going. And Duncan Scott, who's done a number of races this year. So,

Great Britain in two, Ireland in one. A new Irish record-holder and a

new Irishman, Shane Ryan, just qualified to swim for Ireland can

he's going to represent Ireland in the Olympics and he swam very well.

Chris Walker-Hebborn of Great Britain leading off in two.

The final final of this European Swimming Championships in London.

Some very close swimmers to that 15 metre mark but Great Britain one

lane from the bottom and going grey well. Right at the bottom is Shane

Ryan from Ireland going well. Chris Walker-Hebborn hasn't had the best

week in terms of his individual swims, so this a chance for him to

finish on something positive to go home and finish that last blog of

training into Rio. He's turned in about seventh position, Chris

Walker-Hebborn. Going well still is the

Walker-Hebborn. Going well still is Green had at the bottom.

Walker-Hebborn. Going well still is green hat. Italy, Lithuania and

France in fourth, fifth green hat. Italy, Lithuania and

in four, five and six. Very good green hat. Italy, Lithuania and

indeed. Chris green hat. Italy, Lithuania and

is his fastest swim of the meat and what a great time to be doing it.

Now we've got Adam Peaty, Peaty in the white hat. Tends to take the

first 25 to get going and then really moves. But he's got some

tough guys against him, Lithuania's Titenis in five particular. He needs

to put as much water as possible between him and the teams near him.

He will want to edge away as well as he can. Well, Peaty is doing well.

James Guy is a brilliant 200 meter freestyle. But he is not as for his

flight. He has got clear water but he will need it. James Guy in next

on the butterfly leg. So, it is he will need it. James Guy in next

Peaty, to Guy. Great Britain nearly two seconds ahead but I'm not sure

it will be enough. Lithuania second, Greece third. The rest of the

Bhullar absolutely charging him down. He's going well. He has a good

lead, some five metres. The Frenchman in the white hat... He has

been finishing strong in his races. Frenchman in the white hat... He has

The butterfly kick on the side from James Guy, excellent

The butterfly kick on the side from be strong towards the end, he's got

that injuries, but he needs to give Duncan Scott a big lead because

there are some big guns going on the anchor leg! This is a brilliant swim

from James Guy. Careful of the takeover. James Guy has handed over

to Duncan Scott. He's got a lead of 2.18 seconds. My goodness me, the

charge is coming now. Look in lane six, that is Florent Manaudou, the

champion. He is flying down, flying. He is flying down, he is a 50 metre

specialist but also in the 100 He is flying down, he is a 50 metre

freestyle, Luca Dotto of Italy, he will be coming back. Duncan Scott is

looking to his right and they are coming back at him! This is quite

extraordinary, Duncan Scott for Great Britain, I never thought that

the back end was going to be strong and Great Britain winning the final

race in fine fashion, gold in the Men's 4x100m meter medley relay! The

bronze goes to Hungary and the silver to favourites France and team

Great Britain, take a bow, that was superb! Great swim, they're happy

with that, aren't they? James Guy there on the right. He did an

excellent job on the butterfly leg. He wasn't fazed and they were coming

back at. 51.69 him the split for him. Duncan Scott, well, he must

have been feeling the pressure when he died in.

Very good Chris Walker. He will go away with something positive. It

didn't start off so well with the 400 metre freestyle for James Guy

but Duncan Scott didn't know what hit him. I bet he was very grateful

he had a two second lead. They were flying, can you imagine having the

monster that is Florent Manaudou chasing you done? It is great to see

and what I brilliant wafers Team GB to finish this meet. Gold in the

women's medley relay and then gold in the men's medley relay. Quite

brilliant. Just waiting for disqualification, team Italy has

been disqualified. Fascinating. They went in the hunt for the medals,

though. Confirmation of the results. What a way to pick end the week, for

the last 50 metres of that race. I think they were worried Duncan Scott

was going to get track down by Franz Mamadou Sakho the end. -- Florent

Manaudou. It was just a good all-round relay swim. We've talked

all day about the home crowd and how they are loving it. Look at them

throwing things up into the crowd and white shouldn't they show off a

bit, this is exactly what they need going into a massive Olympics.

Definitely. James Guy split very similar to what he did in the World

Championships last year when he was rested so he's obviously on great

form for the 100 metre butterfly. A great confidence booster them. Well

done guys, anything the girls can do, the guys can do to. Absolutely,

when you see GB win by that much it gives you that bit extra. We didn't

necessarily need that but we felt that going into it, buzzing. Best

time of the weekly you. These boys bring out the best in me,

consistency throughout the week and to finish on a high like that, I'm

ecstatic. A great time to finish off with, do you know your confidence is

contagious? I'm not sure. This guy has got a lot of confidence as well.

It's good to see Duncan coming through, hopefully we will be a real

weapon at Rio and hopefully we can rest up and work on those areas

where we can improve. Even if we go to Rio and don't do well, I will

remember this team to the rest of my life. A topsy-turvy weekly you but a

great way to finish. And the was putting you down on your fly and you

put on in his place. I felt it wasn't very good but to get that

time and it was a great swim for these guys, they came out on top. A

very hairy James Guy, that's coming off. None of us have shaved hair. We

can only get faster. Duncan a fantastic leg from you, a lot of

pressure because they were chasing you down. Close. It wasn't close in

the end. I couldn't throw it away, when the boys give you a lead like

that. These three boys have been Commonwealth champions. I knew I was

in a good group. We went out there and it was a great effort by

everyone. It's been a super week, get a great 11 weeks in and I will

see you soon. They are the four boys we will probably see in that event

at the Olympics. How exciting is that? Very, about the girls and the

guys. Both are Olympic events unlike the mixed medley relay. Kathleen

isn't going to Rio but hopefully Georgia Davies can put in a good

performance of the goals. For the men, that should be the four in Rio.

Its confidence. We said about confidence across the team. They

will feed off these guys. There's a lot of time between now and Rio. The

have 21 champions in the same relay, that is strength. We have an add

strength and depth like that, ever. That's just amazing. To end on a

high, to book end on the right note is something they will relive,

celebrate and make the most of and that's exactly what we are going to

do now. It's been a great week the British swimming. The crowd have

been other proud, here's why. -- loud and proud.

It was very close indeed, Ben Proud may have got a bronze medal.

Britain's first middle of day two. Really working hard, come on Fran.

Bronze has gone to Fran Halsall but a very good time indeed. It's going

to be a wonderful gold medal to Adam Peaty. It's one of the best races

I've ever had in terms of competition and GB support. It's

great. Great Britain are going to win a second gold medal and its gold

to Team GB in the 100 medley relay. I've got to say that's a very

impressive bronze for James Guy. I'm over the moon with that one. What a

brilliant swim. Took the bronze. It looks like it's going to be gold,

the silver medal to Jazz Carlin of Great Britain. A bronze Hannah

Miley. Gold medal, Great Britain! What a brilliant swim. Fabulous

swim. To go away with What a brilliant swim. Fabulous

here, I never thought that would happen here. I'm absolutely

delighted. happen here. I'm absolutely

performance in lane five from the 18-year-old from Warrington,

Kathleen Dawson has a bronze medal. Fran Halsall is the European

champion in the 50 metres backstroke, its gold and bronze to

Great Britain. It's exciting. It's emotional. Adam Peaty wins gold in

the 50. A wonderful bronze for Ross Murdoch of Great Britain. The silver

has gone to Fran Halsall. What a quick swim.

A great silver medal for Jazz Carlin of Great Britain.

Earlier there was a gold for the women in the

Earlier there was a gold for the Fran Halsall, Siobhan-Marie

O'Connor, Kathleen Dawson and Chloe Totten will be on the podium very

shortly. And what the girls can Totten will be on the podium very

the boys can do, Adam Peaty, Duncan Scott, Chris Walker-Hebborn.

the boys can do, Adam Peaty, Duncan look at the medal table on the final

day, this site will make Phil Berna is very happy.

I was looking at the medal table excavation muck what do

What do you make of that? You're guys and girls are in hard training,

this is the second test ever performance by British swimmers at a

European Championships, are you happy with this? I tossed the team

with being on the front foot, don't use like of preparation as an

excuse. The second one was to fight everything. The third one was to

swim tactically good races. Most of them paste the race as well. Which

is important if you are not fully prepared. The most important thing

is we learn from it. You will get one or two blips but overall I'm a

happy man. Is there anything you are thinking our areas of concern? I

don't know about areas of concern because you have to put this

competition in context. Our trials were a few weeks ago that these guys

probably rested two to three weeks into the trials, then they had a

week at the trials and then there was a three-week gap. And then a

week at this competition. You can't do everything. If we had tried to do

both meets well we would have had seven or eight weeks of compromised

training. You can't do that. The focus always with what a great

opportunity to swim in front of a home crowd, what a great opportunity

to race hard against some of the best swimmers in the world, whatever

we get will take on the chin. With that in mind, I'm a happy man. Given

that your guys are in hard training and some of them having come here to

post their quickest times, they have still been some impressive

performances, Kathleen Dawson, Ross Murdoch, is there anything you would

consider changing this close to the Olympics? In terms of who will do

what? No, we have a definite plan up to Rio. We've got a night-time

preparation camp because the finals will start at 10pm until midnight,

you've got eight days of that. Going to be getting back to the village at

2am. We'll handle it. We've got to try this at least once. We've done

it before, in December in Rio. Most of this team have to compete and the

entire Olympic team will swim in June in Barcelona. And then I'm

leaving the last competition more less up to them. They've got to go

at the end of June the beginning of July. Bill, congratulations on a

brilliant week. Phenomenal performance by British swimmers.

Mark and Becky, thank you for your company. It's been like herding cats

at times! LAUGHTER Andy Jamieson and Karen Pickering, you have guided us

through with some phenomenal words and slogans. Sharron Davies always

pouncing on our swimmers in victory and in defeat. The next time we see

will be at the Rio Olympics when hopefully we'll have plenty to

celebrate. Goodbye.