Episode 3 – Aimee Willmott and Tom Dean look forward to Roar’s next match The Roar had a week off competition this round, but face a stern test this weekend as they take on LA Current, the Tokyo Frog Kings and DC Trident in their second match of the ISL Bob, Katie and Steve spoke to Aimee Willmott and Tom Dean about the challenge they will face from their rivals and life in the bubble, and discover just how much they know about their Roar teammate Amaury Leveaux, with a game of “Leveaux or Le-Fa...
Oct 28, 2020•39 min•Season 11Ep. 18
It was a dominant win for the Roar in their opening ISL match with plenty to consider for Bob, Katie and Steve. In the second London Roar Podcast, we’re joined by Sydney Pickrem and Luke Greenbank to discuss a winning start while Kyle Chalmers provides the first Roar From Offshore and gives us his view on the result. We also test out how well all three of them know their Roar team mates with a game of “Lion or Lying” Meanwhile we couldn’t leave out the big talking point of the opening weekend, t...
Oct 20, 2020•52 min•Season 11Ep. 17
Episode 1 – ISL Season 2 Preview The second season of the International Swimming League is nearly upon us with the teams ready in the Budapest bubble as the big kick off nears. In this season preview we look forward to an exciting season of swimming and look at London’s chances of going one better than in 2019, consider who the key recruits are and what impact the Australian withdrawal has had. We’re joined by Roar General Manager Rob Woodhouse and Head Coach Mel Marshall who explain how the tea...
Oct 12, 2020•53 min•Season 11Ep. 16
The London Roar Podcast - ISL Season 2 Trailer Pullbuoy has joined forces with the London Roar for the second season of the International Swimming League to bring you the London Roar Podcast. We’ll go behind the scenes with the team, with exclusive access to the swimmers and staff, to bring you the lowdown on life in the Budapest swimming bubble as the battle for places in the ISL grand final rages. --------------------- Get all the episodes here: http://www.pullbuoy.co.uk/roar Review, subscribe...
Oct 05, 2020•2 min
Barcelona in 2003 saw a highpoint for British swimming as the team claimed a then record 8 world championship medals. At the vanguard of that charge was Katy Sexton, who claimed silver in the 100m backstroke before becoming the first British woman to win a world title in the 200m event.
Jun 29, 2020•9 min•Season 11Ep. 15
The women’s 4×200 freestyle relay at the 2001 World Championships in Fukuoka was the first swimming world title ever won by Britain's ladies. In a refresh of a video produced for Pullbuoy's 15th anniversary in 2015, this is the story of one of the most controversial world championship races ever, as told through the eyes of anchor leg swimmer Karen Pickering and then British National Performance Director Bill Sweetenham.
Jun 22, 2020•12 min•Season 11Ep. 14
Rebecca Adlington went to the Beijing Olympics in 2008 somewhat under the radar. outside of swimming few had heard of her, despite her having a great medal chance at those games. A week later all that changed as she came home a double Olympic Champion.
Jun 19, 2020•40 min•Season 11Ep. 13
It’s the race also known as the world record we all watched on Nick Hope’s phone. There was no TV coverage or streaming available for the 2015 World Championship Trials held at the London Aquatic Centre so unless you were there on that momentous Friday night there was no way to watch as Adam Peaty sent shockwaves through breaststroke swimming other than the feed coming from the BBC correspondent’s Periscope channel. In this 20 and 20 podcast, Adam describes that race in his own words. But can he...
Jun 15, 2020•2 min•Season 11Ep. 12
After disappointment in 2012 when illness curtailed her Olympic dreams, Jazz Carlin went to Rio with high hopes. She went on, of course, to claim two silver medals in the 400 and 800m freestyle, behind the other-worldy Katie Ledecky. In this podcast she recalls her preparation, dealing with the dominance of Ledecky and the battles she had to be the "best of the rest".
Jun 12, 2020•34 min•Season 11Ep. 11
In the June 2020 podcast James Goddard discusses the drama surrounding his 4th placed finish in the 200m backstroke at the Athens Olympics, the fallout from that and the impacts on his mental health, and the importance of having great team mates to train with.
Jun 04, 2020•55 min•Season 11Ep. 10
Look back to a particular balmy night in Athens, and you see Steve Parry lining up in lane 4, the fastest qualifier in the Olympic final of the 200m butterfly. A little over 24 hours earlier he was almost at rock bottom, the 16th qualifier from heats and yet here he was shooting for gold. 16 years on from that final how have his recollections changed, and did he really think he could have beaten Michael Phelps?
May 21, 2020•25 min•Season 11Ep. 9
For the next in the series of "20 at 20" favourite moments from the last 20 years, we journey back to 2006 and the Melbourne Commonwealth Games. Specifically to the men's 4 x 200m freestyle relay which produced an epic battle and a result that was unclear until the final few metres.
May 19, 2020•35 min•Season 11Ep. 8
Sometimes an event comes along that just entirely captivates. In the case of the Swim4Leukaemia charity relay back in 2014, there was an added personal dimension and the sense of a higher purpose that also added additional meaning. So while it delivered on a purely swimming level with a world record for a 100x100m relay, it also delivered emotionally.
May 13, 2020•25 min•Season 11Ep. 7
In this, the first of a set of podcasts looking back at some of the 20 moments picked to mark the 20th anniversary of Pullbuoy, David shares his recollections of a thrilling night in Athens, the greatest 1500m race in history.
May 11, 2020•26 min•Season 11Ep. 6
We're off to the Games of 2012 and 2016 for the second part of our Olympic journey as we look back at events in London and Rio. Sharron Davies is once again on board with Katie, Bob and Steve to share her recollections. And for info on Paula the Crawler: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Barila_Bolopa
May 06, 2020•44 min•Season 11Ep. 5
With Pullbuoy having been online for 20 years, that means five editions of the Olympics have taken place during its lifetime. The 20th anniversary gives the perfect opportunity, then, to look back at Britain's performances in the Olympic pool as well as the highlights of those Games. In the first part of this podcast double header, Steve, Bob and Katie are joined by Sharron Davies, to look back at the Games of Sydney, Athens and Beijing.
May 04, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 11Ep. 4
The strangest of months then with swimmers locked out of their pools, the British Championships cancelled and the Olympics pushed back a year. Not the expected topics of discussion, but with the Arena league having just reached its conclusion, Bob, Katie and Steve are joined by Emma Collings-Barnes, director of swimming for league champions Mount Kelly, to discuss their win in Cardiff and what she has her swimmers doing while on a hiatus from training. We also cast an eye over some notable swims...
Mar 26, 2020•43 min•Season 11Ep. 3
There have been plenty of swims posted by Britain's swimmers so far in 2020, across several meets. Plenty of early season promise to be dissected by Steve, Bob and Katie, who are also joined for a chat by Hannah Miley.
Feb 25, 2020•50 min•Season 11Ep. 2
The end of 2019 saw an epic final of the International Swim League won by the Energy Standard club. As the podcast returns for 2020, we welcome the first special guest of the year as Katie and Steve chat to Energy head coach James Gibson.
Feb 06, 2020•32 min•Season 11Ep. 1
It was a productive five days for Britain with 11 medals won in the Glasgow pool. Leading the way was Freya Anderson who took home two golds and a silver in some record breaking times. Steve, Bob and Katie look back over the competition and are joined by Freya's coach Alan Bircher to get an insight into her performance.
Dec 09, 2019•36 min•Season 10Ep. 6
It was a tense finale to the European Derby of the International Swimming league with the battle between London Roar and Energy Standard going to the wire and the result in the balance as the meet-closing skins took place. Relive the action with Katie and Steve in this extra edition of the podcast, and hear from victors Vladimir Morozov and Ranomi Kromowidjojo.
Nov 29, 2019•24 min•Season 10Ep. 5
There were plenty of Brits in action at the London leg of the ISL and Bob tracked down James Guy, Siobhan-Marie O'Connor and Kayla van der Merve, and Energy Standard coach Ian Armiger, to get their take on the weekend's events.
Nov 27, 2019•14 min•Season 10Ep. 4
The International Swimming League came to London for the European derby meet and put on quite a show. Katie, Bob and Steve take you through events on the second day of competition.
Nov 25, 2019•32 min•Season 10Ep. 3
What a finish to the week's competition in Gwangju with the men's medley relay serving up a result for the ages. Add world records galore and further doping drama and there is so much to dissect for Bob, Katie and Steve, with Lizzie Simmonds joining once again.
Jul 28, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Season 10Ep. 2
Four days of competition, controversy and drama in Gwangju, sees Britain with a haul of four medals. Loads to talk about then for Steve, Katie and Bob who are joined for the discussion by European and Commonwealth champion Lizzie Simmonds, who was a GB team member at five world championships.
Jul 24, 2019•44 min•Season 10Ep. 1
All good things come to an end, or so they say. Good things include, of course, the careers of those at the sharp end of swimming as their time in the pool moves towards its conclusion. It's a difficult time, one of transition that marks the next significant period in one's life. In this podcast special, Jemma Lowe, Roberto Pavoni and Ross Davenport join regular contributor Katie Wyld and Lane 4 consultant Rick Cotgreave, who specialises in athlete transitions, to share and discuss their own exp...
Oct 15, 2018•35 min•Season 9Ep. 6
Three more days of competition went by and Britain gained a further 13 medals in the Tollcross pool. Plenty, then, for Katie, Steve and Bob to dive into as the 2018 European Championships come to a close.
Aug 09, 2018•45 min•Season 9Ep. 5
Halfway through the second major meet of the year for Britain's swimmers and there's been as much to talk about out of the pool as in it. Katie, Bob and Steve consider whether we should expect more than timing malfunctions at this level of competition as well as looking at what really matters, the medals won in the water.
Aug 06, 2018•34 min•Season 9Ep. 4
The Commonwealth Games swimming is done and dusted for another four years until the show rolls into Birmingham in 2022. It was an eventful last three days of competition, with plenty for Bob, Katie and Steve to discuss, and who would be our swimmers of the meet?
Apr 11, 2018•32 min•Season 9Ep. 3
The mid point is with us on the Gold Coast as the third day of competition passes by. There’s been some intriguing swimming so far and Katie, Bob and Steve look back over the opening half of the Commonwealth Games swimming competition.
Apr 07, 2018•34 min•Season 9Ep. 2
