By Retta Race on SwimSwam
Two notable swimmers from Great Britain have recently changed up their training bases as they embark on the two-plus-year journey to Paris 2024.
Laura Stephens and Imogen Clark are the pair involved in the moves, with the former transitioning from Plymouth Leander to Loughborough while the latter is departing Loughborough for Derventio Excel.
As for Stephens, the 22-year-old has competed at the Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth Games level, most recently racing the 200m fly at this summer’s Olympics in Tokyo. Hardware-wise, Stephens grabbed gold as a member of the British women’s 4x100m medley relay at the European Championships in Budapest.
As for Clark, the 22-year-old had been training under Adam Peaty‘s storied coach Mel Marshall the past few years but decided to return to Derventio Excel, a club of which the breaststroker was a member previously. It was there that Clark first broke her national breaststroking records.
Clark recently broke the British 50m breaststroke national mark once again in short course meters. While competing as a member of LA Current during season 3 of the International Swimming League (ISL), Clark cranked out a time of 29.32 to rank as the world’s 9th fastest woman ever in the event.
Clark was the 2018 European Championships silver medalist in the women’s 50m breaststroke event.
Read the full story on SwimSwam: British Moves: Stephens To Loughborough, Clark Back To Derventio Excel