Action from Day 1 of the UK Swimming Championships

The UK Swimming Championships made a welcome return to Sheffield which, already hosting the World Snooker and with League One winners Sheffield United playing at home, made it a good week for the hotel industry....

 Elliot Clogg, City of Sheffield - Mens Junior 50m Backstroke

 James Oxborrow, Loughboro Uni - Mens target Toyko 50m Backstroke

 Chris Walker-Hebborn, Bath Uni - Mens Open 50m Backstroke

 Rebecca Burton, Co Peterboro - Womens Target Toyko 50m Breaststroke

 Nikki Miller, East Kilbride - Womens Junior 200m Freestyle

 Eleanor Faulkner, City of Sheffield - Womens Open 200m Freestyle

  Eleanor Faulkner, City of Sheffield - Womens Open 200m Freestyle

  Start - Mens Junior 400m Freestyle

  James Guy, Bath Uni - Mens Open 400m Freestyle

  Amy Bell, City of Sheffield - Womens Junior 400m IM

 Amber Keegan, City of Sheffield - Womens Target Toyko 400m IM

 Amber Keegan, City of Sheffield - Womens Target Toyko 400m IM

 Hannah Miley, Aberdeen - Womens Open 400m IM

  Hannah Miley, Aberdeen - Womens Open 400m IM

  Hannah Miley, Aberdeen - Womens Open 400m IM

  Adam Peaty, Loughboro Uni - Mens Open 100m Breaststroke

   Adam Peaty, Loughboro Uni - Mens Open 100m Breaststroke

   Adam Peaty, Loughboro Uni - Mens Open 100m Breaststroke

   Adam Peaty, Loughboro Uni - Mens Open 100m Breaststroke

   Adam Peaty, Loughboro Uni - Mens Open 100m Breaststroke

  Adam Peaty, Loughboro Uni - Mens Open 100m Breaststroke

Rio 2016 comes to an end and so now does "Rule 40"

So, here goes....

Well done to:

Adam Peaty - GOLD - 100m breaststroke

Adam Peaty, British Gas Swimming Championships, Ponds Forge, Sheffield 2013

Jack Laugher & Chris Mears - GOLD - 3m synchronised springboard
Jack Laugher -  SILVER - Men's 3m springboard

 

Jack Laugher (top), Chris Mears, British Gas Diving Championships, Ponds Forge, Sheffield 2012

Nicola Adams - GOLD - Women's flyweight boxing

Nicola Adams, Team England Boxing - Commonwealth Games 2014

Mo Farah - GOLD - 5,000m and 10,000m

Mo Farah, British Athletics Grand Prix, NIA Birmigham 2013

Bradley Wiggins - GOLD - Men's team pursuit cycling

Bradley Wiggins, Tour of Britain, Derbyshire 2012

Ed Clancy - GOLD - Men's team pursuit cycling

Ed Clancy, Sheffield Grand Prix Cycling 2013

Jazz Carlin - SILVER - Women's 400m freestyle swimming, Women's 800m freestyle swimming

Jazz Carlin, Swim 4 Leukaemia, Ponds Forge, Sheffield 2014

Siobhan-Marie O'Connor - SILVER - Women's 200m individual medley

Siobhan-Marie O'Connor, British Gas Swimming Championships, Ponds Forge, Sheffield 2013

Joe Joyce - SILVER - Men's super heavyweight

Joe Joyce, Team England Boxing - Commonwealth Games 2014

Jessica Ennis-Hill - SILVER - Heptathlon

Jessica Ennis-Hill, London Olympics home-coming, Sheffield 2012

Tom Daley & Dan Goodfellow - BRONZE - Men's synchronised 10m platform

 Dan Goodfellow (right) and Ross Haslam, British Gas Diving Championships, Ponds Forge, Sheffield 2012

Tom Daley, British Gas Diving Championships 2012

Greg Rutherford - BRONZE - Men's long jump

Greg Rutherford, Great City Games, Manchester 2016

4x100m relay team - BRONZE - Asha Philip, Desiree Henry, Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita

4x100m relay team, Anniversary Games, London 2016

4x400m relay team - BRONZE - Christine Ohuruogu, Emily Diamond, Eilidh Doyle and Anyika Anoura

Emily Diamond, British Championships, Birmingham 2016

Not forgetting Katarina Johnson-Thompson and the great performances that she has put in this year

Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Anniversary Games, London 2016

Oh, and good luck to:

Hannah Cockroft 

Hannah Cockroft, IPC Grand Prix, London 2016

Ellie Simmonds

Ellie Simmonds, British Gas Swimming Championships, Ponds Forge, Sheffield 2013

Which goes to show that you don't have to go to Rio to photograph top athletes in action. Sometimes they are there on your doorstep.  So, get out there and get shooting!

BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2015 shortlist

The BBC have confirmed the 12 contenders for this year's BBC Sports Personality of the Year award which will be held on 20th December in Belfast.

Three gold-medal athletes from London 2012 feature: Mo Farah, Greg Rutherford and Jessica Ennis-Hill, along with gymnast Max Whitlock and Kevin Sinfield from rugby league.

 Mo Farah, Birmingham Grand Prix 2013

Jessica Ennis-Hill and coach Toni Minichiello, Great City Games Manchester 2015

Greg Rutherford, Great City Games Manchester 2015

Footballer Lucy Bronze, David Cup winning Andy Murray, Lewis Hamilton from Formula 1 and Adam Peaty from swimming also feature.

Adam Peaty, British Gas Swimming Championships, Sheffield 2013

Boxer Tyson Fury and cyclists Chris Froome and Lizzie Armistead complete the pack.

Chris Froome, Tour de France, Sheffield 2014

Contenders for the 2014 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award

Ten contenders are on the shortlist for the 2014 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.

2014 was a fantastic year for Adam Peaty as he became a double Commonwealth gold medallist and a four-time European champion.  At the XX Commonwealths in Glasgow he took gold in the 100m breaststroke and 4x100m relay medley, and a silver in the 50m breaststroke. He followed that up by breaking the 50m breaststroke world record at the European Championships in berlin, on his way to winning gold in four different disciplines.




Also in the running are:
Gareth Bale
Charlotte Dujardin
Carl Froch
Kelly Gallagher & Charlotte Evans
Lewis Hamilton
Rory McIlroy
Jo Pavey
Max Whitlock
Lizzy Yarnold
Find out more at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/sports-personality/30179284