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Welsh swimming’s latest golden girl, Alys Thomas, is among eight Commonwealth champions included in a 43-strong British squad selected for the European Championships in Glasgow in August.
The 27-year-old Thomas stunned the swimming world with her magnificent Games record swim in the 200 metres butterfly on the Gold Coast as she notched the 10th fastest time ever in her event at 2 min, 05.45 sec. Now she will have the chance to swim for more gold and glory in a home pool in four months’ time.
Thomas is joined in the British team by Duncan Scott, fresh from becoming the first Scottish swimmer to win six medals at one Games, triple medallist James Wilby and fellow Loughborough breaststroke champions Adam Peaty and Sarah Vasey.
The other Welsh swimmers will be 1500 metre freestyle silver medallist Daniel Jervis, backstroke bronze winner Georgia Davies, Chloe Tutton, Kat Greenslade, silver 1500m medallist Daniel Jervis and Calum Jarvis.
Ben Proud, Aimee Wilmott and Siobhan Marie O’Connor are the other Commonwealth Games champions who will be taking to the pool at Glasgow 2018 from 3-9 August.
“There have been some excellent performances on the Gold Coast over the last six days, but now our focus in on our benchmark meet of the year, the European Championships,” said Chris Spice, National Performance Director for British Swimming.
“We are looking at this as a great opportunity to compete on a huge stage, and is an important part of our planning towards Tokyo 2020.”
A number of swimmers not competing in the Gold Coast will also be given the opportunity to compete in Glasgow after racing well in Europe last week.
British Swimming Squad (England unless stated): Freya Anderson, Charlotte Atkinson (Isle of Man), Imogen Clarke, David Cumberlidge, Georgia Davies (Wales), Kathleen Dawson (Scotland), Tom Dean, Tom Derbyshire, Ellie Faulkner, Jessica Fullalove, Luke Greenbank, Kat Greenslade (Wales), James Guy, Holly Hibbott, Lucy Hope (Scotland), Anna Hopkin, Calum Jarvis (Wales), Dan Jervis (Wales), Cameron Kurle, Emily Large, Jay Lelliott, Max Litchfield, Craig McNally (Scotland), Craig McLean (Scotland), Hannah Miley (Scotland), Stephen Milne (Scotland), Ross Murdoch (Scotland), Siobhan-Marie O’Connor, Adam Peaty, Jacob Peters, Ben Proud, Nick Pyle, Molly Renshaw, Duncan Scott (Scotland), Mark Szaranek (Scotland), Alys Thomas (Wales), Chloe Tutton (Wales), Sarah Vasey, James Wilby, Cassie Wild (Scotland), Brodie Williams, Aimee Willmott, Abbie Wood.
