In January’s Swimming Times

Swimming Times is the official monthly magazine of the Amateur Swimming Association and the Institute of Swimming.

FEATURES
Target: the big one – Ben Swain and Nick Robinson-Baker            
Roger Guttridge meets two divers with Beijing plans                               

The battle of the bulge 
- Obesity
Swimming is putting its weight behind the fight against flab, says Helen Gorman    

Pride versus prejudice – Everyday Swim in Lewisham                         
A film about black swimmers is inspiring young people in a London borough                   
                                                                                                         

Murphy’s law – Norwegian fjord swim   
Kevin Murphy faced everything from seals to a whirlwind in the Aurlandfjord

MAIN FEATURE
Target: the big one – Ben Swain and Nick Robinson-Baker                                     
Unless you’ve been there, and very few have, it’s hard to imagine the level of pressure that Ben Swain and Nick Robinson-Baker will be under when they arrive in Beijing next month.  The Olympic Games in the same city six months later will be challenging enough but in a way FINA’s diving World Cup promises to be even more intense.  Achieve your target and you book your part in the greatest sporting show on earth.  Fail and your Olympic dream is over for another four years.

For Britain’s 3m synchro pair, the target is simple: with China, Canada, the US and Germany already qualified for the Olympics in this event, Swain and Robinson-Baker need to place themselves in the top four of the rest.  Nothing else will do.  But it’s a challenge the young Brits relish – especially after their storming bronze medal, in the FINA World Series at Sheffield in September, which took them to third in the world rankings.

For the full report and photographs see pages 22-25 of Swimming Times.

PLUS...
Results and reports on:
· Diving
· Disability
· Masters
· Open Water
· Synchro
· Water Polo

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