Aquatics GB name 28-strong squad for Singapore World Championships (2025)

April 24, 2025

A 28-strong Aquatics GB team blending Olympic champion experience with future potential will head to Singapore this summer, looking to make their mark at the World Aquatics Championships.

Fresh off the back of a thrilling week’s racing at the Aquatics GB Swimming Championship in London, six medallists from Paris 2024 are among a group looking to continue GB’s brilliant record at World Championships over the past decade, as well as beginning the build towards the next Games in LA in 2028.

That includes the likes of James Guy, Ben Proud and Tom Dean, whilst recent British record breakers Angharad Evans and Ollie Morgan will be looking to keep up their eye-catching form in Southeast Asia.

They hit new British bests to take British gold in the Women’s 100m Breaststroke and Men’s 100m Backstroke respectively with Freya Colbert, Eva Okaro, Max Litchfield and Abbie Wood joining them in Singapore after winning their respective events inside the World Championships selection times in London.

Evans and Okaro are amongst a group of nine athletes that are set to make their senior Worlds debuts for GB this summer, with Greg Butler, Leah Schlosshan, Ed Mildred and 17-year-old Jacob Mills also part of that cohort after strong swims contributed to various relay groups qualifying for the Championships.

Relay strength in depth will again be a key focus once the year’s benchmark meet arrives, with the World Championship swimming programme running from Sunday 27 July to Sunday 3 August.

That was very much the case at the last major World Championships in Fukuoka two years ago, when there was a dominant Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay victory and a bronze in the Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay, alongside a memorable gold-silver for Matt Richards and Dean in the 200m Freestyle, plus a silver-bronze combo for Duncan Scott and Dean in the 200m Individual Medley.

‘Mix of world class experience and up-and-coming talents’

Reflecting on the selections for the 2025 edition, 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.

“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.”