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2026 AQUATICS GB SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Tuesday, April 14th – Sunday, April 19th Prelims at 9:30am local (4:30am ET)/B-Finals & Junior Finals at 6pm local (1pm ET)/A-finals at 7:45pm local (2:45pm ET) London Aquatics Centre European Championships Selection Policy SwimSwam Preview Meet Central Entries Prelims Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2 Finals Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 Start Lists/Live Results LivestreamBreaststroker Angharad Evans swam a monster 2:19.70 in the women’s 200 breaststroke to shatter the British record time by more than a second.
WOMEN’S 200 BREAST – FINAL
British Record – 2:20.89, Molly Renshaw, 2021 GBR Euros QT – 2:23.76 ENG Commonwealth QT – 2:24.49 WAL Commonwealth QT – 2:27.36 SCO Commonwealth QT – 2:26.54 NI Commonwealth QT – 2:28.10GOLD – Angharad Evans, 2:19.70 **New British Swimming Record SILVER – Abbie Wood, 2:24.72 BRONZE – Anna Morgan, 2:26.40
Evans came into the meet with a lifetime best of 2:21.86 from last year’s British Swimming Championships. At that same meet, she broke the British 100 breaststroke record, swimming 1:05.37.
Today, Evans got out to an early lead over the field splitting 31.97 on her opening 50 to be the only swimmer under 32 seconds on the opening 50. She was 35.26/35.92/36.55 on the remaining three 50s to touch in 2:19.70.
Evans will move up to 9th fastest performer in history in the event and just the 11th person ever to break 2:20.
Top 10 Performers All-Time
2:17.55 — Evgeniia Chikunova, Russia (2023) 2:18.50 — Kate Douglass, United States (2025) 2:18.95 — Tatjana Smith, South Africa (2021) 2:19.11 — Rikke Pedersen, Denmark (2013) 2:19.41 — Yulia Efimova, Russia (2013) 2:19.59 — Rebecca Soni, United States (2012) 2:19.64 — Viktoria Gunes, Turkey (2015) 2:19.65 — Rie Kaneto, Japan (2016) 2:19.70 — Angharad Evans, Great Britain (2026) 2:19.81 — Tes Schouten, Netherlands (2024)Evans shattered the former British record time of 2:20.89 set by Molly Renshaw at this meet in April in 2021.
Split Comparison
Former Record — 2:20.89, Molly Renshaw (2021 British Swimming Championships) New Record — 2:19.70, Angharad Evans (2026 British Swimming Championships Evans Former Best Time — 2:21.86, (2025 British Trials) 50 32.34 31.97 32.32 100 35.71 35.26 35.63 150 36.38 35.92 36.27 200 36.56 36.55 37.64 2:20.89 2:19.70 2:21.86On top of chopping more than two seconds off her former lifetime best, Evans set the top time in the world this year, jumping 2025 World Champion Kate Douglass‘ 2:20.86 from December
2025-2026 LCM Women 200 BREAST
Kate USADouglass 12/062:20.862AngharadEvans GBR2:22.0203/213Mona McSharry IRL2:22.2204/104LisaANGIOLINIITA2:22.2804/155Moon SuaKOR2:23.2110/21View Top 26»Read the full story on SwimSwam: Angharad Evans Shatters British 200 Breaststroke Record with 2:19.70 to Move up to #9 Performer
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