The World Masters Swimming Championships are currently taking place in Budapest, Hungary. The open water swimming is complete and the pool racing is now well underway. Results from East Leeds swimmers so far are:

Thursday 10 August

3km Open Water

• Nick Parkes 55yr+ / 42:45.60 10th / 1st Brit
• Gail Daffern 65yr+ / 74:00.10 12th / 3rd Brit

Monday 14 August

800 FC

• Kyran Parker 45yr+ / 9.57.55 15th / 2nd Brit
• Philippa Rickard 45yr+ / 10.43.12 15th / 2nd Brit
• Gail Daffern 55yr+ / 16.28.32 20th / 3rd Brit

Tuesday 15 August

200m BK

• Julie Hoyle 55yr+ / 2nd 2.50.03 / 1st Brit

100m FC

• Nina Williams 45yr+ / 4th 1.03.52 / 1st Brit
• Alistair Crawford 30yr+ / 19th 54.89 / 3rd Brit
• Chris Knee 35yr+ / 27th 56.64 / 2nd Brit
• Richard Jagger 25yr+ / 28th 55.36 / 6th Brit
• James Barwick 35yr+ / 41st 58.20 / 3rd Brit
• James Warren 25yr+ / 42nd 56.42 / 9th Brit
• Katie Purcell 25yr+ / 1.16.51

Well done to everyone swimming so far. Full results and live/ catch-up videos are available from the World Masters Championships website. 

Posted by: Chris Knee