Ellen Walshe Claims Golden Double In Edinburgh; Ben Proud Fires Off 50 Loose Ratings-Topper
Ellen Walshe claimed a golden double and Ben Proud fired off a 21.73 rankings-topper within the 50 loose on day two of the Edinburgh World Swim Meet.
Up first for Walshe was once the 100 fly the place she got here again on the second one 50 to drag away for victory in 58.26, 0.30 off her Irish report of 57.96 that she’d rattled final month in 58.00 on the McCullagh World. Simply 0.01 separated Lucy Grieve and Ciara Schlosshan with the previous taking moment in 58.98 to 58.99.
Walshe returned for the 400IM by which the Swim Eire athlete completed 8th at Paris 2024. She led by way of 1.22 after the hole leg which she prolonged to one.45 at midway ahead of stamping her mark on court cases within the breaststroke to change into the freestyle 5.83secs forward. The 2-time Olympian put much more water between her and the remainder of the sphere as she got here house in 4:41.14 with Beatrice Varley 8.15secs adrift in 4:49.29 adopted by way of Suzie McNair (4:51.10).
Ben Proud: Photograph Courtesy: Deepbluemedia
Proud produced a perfect get started within the 50 loose to upward thrust with a transparent lead over the sphere because the Olympic silver medallist took the name in 21.73. It was once his second-swiftest of 2025 following 21.99 on the Dubai Open Swimming Championships.
With that, he went best of the ratings forward of Doha international champion Vladyslav Bukhov who’d led the way in which along with his 21.97 from the Euro Meet in February.
Swim Eire’s Tom Fannon was once moment in 22.05 with Bjørnar Grytnes Laskerud 3rd in 22.29. It was once a PB for the Norwegian who went moment within the nationwide ratings headed by way of Nicholas Lia in 21.94.
Morgan Clinches Backstroke Double; Titles For Cox, Colbert & Scott
Ollie Morgan has been on advantageous shape in 2025. The College of Birmingham swimmer swept the backstroke occasions on the BUCS Championships the place he was once simply 0.01 off his British 100 report.
He were given his Edinburgh marketing campaign underway with victory within the 100 in 52.97 and returned to the Royal Commonwealth Pool for the 50 the place he stopped the clock at 24.83 for his moment meet mark in as many occasions and nil.10secs off his PB of 24.73 from 2023. It was once his second-fastest time of the yr following his 24.77 at BUCS. Matthew Ward replicated his moment position within the 100 in 25.15 with Israel’s Tomer Schuster 3rd in 25.51.
Lauren Cox: Photograph Courtesy: Peter H. Bick
Lauren Cox set a meet report of 27.67 en-route to victory within the girls’s 50 again, 0.31 forward of Roos Vanotterdijk who clocked 27.98 because the pair reversed the results of Friday’s day out over 100m. Maaike de Waard was once 3rd house in 28.05.
The ladies’s 200 loose promised to be a tussle and so it proved. Freya Colbert led throughout the 50 and 100 as she reached midway forward of Abbie Picket and Freya Anderson ahead of pushing at the 3rd 50. Picket even though got here again at the final duration however Colbert took the win in a meet report 1:57.82 forward of Picket (1:58.03) and Anderson (1:58.87).
The boys’s 200 fly featured Olympic relay champions James Man and Duncan Scott in addition to British champion Josh Gammon. Man led thru midway with Scott transferring into a zero.28 lead at 150 with the College of Stirling swimmer pulling transparent to win in 1:58.53 for his moment name of the Edinburgh meet following victory within the 200IM at the opening night time. Ed Mildred got here previous Man to assert moment in 1:59.05 with the 2022 Commonwealth bronze medallist 3rd in 1:59.19.
Wiffen Dominates 800 For 2d Distance Name
Daniel Wiffen, amid heavy coaching, finished the space double with victory within the 800 loose. The Olympic champion ruled to take the name in 7:56.90, an afternoon after he gained the 1500. Tyler Melbourne-Smith was once moment in 8:00.95 with Nathan Wiffen 3rd in 8:04.86 because the twins shared the rostrum for the second one time in Edinburgh.
Daniel Wiffen: Photograph Courtesy: Deepbluemedia
Max Litchfield gained the 400IM after a right kind tussle with Charlie Hutchison who held a 1.20secs lead at midway. Litchfield – fourth on the final 3 Olympics – set about consuming into the deficit on breaststroke and inched forward on the 300 by way of 0.08.
The pair went stroke for stroke down the penultimate 50 with Litchfield main by way of simply 0.02 on the ultimate flip ahead of pulling away for victory in 4:16.15 so as to add to his moment position within the 200IM. Hutchison was once moment in 4:16.76 with Jakub Bursa 3rd in 4:22.78.
Florine Gaspard gained the ladies’s 50m breaststroke in 30.77 forward of 100br winner Angharad Evans (30.94) and Anna Morgan (30.96).
A advantageous moment 50 propelled Greg Butler to the boys’s 100m breaststroke name in 1:01.16 forward of Rory Dickson (1:02.05) and Koen de Groot (1:02.21).
Leah Crisp led all through to win the 800 loose in 8:39.25 to make it two wins in as many days following 400 victory. Alisee Pisane (8:40.92) and Imani de Jong (8:48.90) adopted the Briton house.
