Duel In The Pool

Friday 18th and Saturday 19th December 2009

SWIM STARS SET FOR BRITISH GAS DUEL IN THE POOL AGAINST USA

Britain’s best swimmers will come together with athletes from Germany and Italy as a European Select team that will go head-to-head with the might of the USA at the British Gas Duel in the Pool in December.

How the Duel works .....

The competition will be a dual-meet competition with 13 men’s and 13 women’s events and two relays for both men and women.

Each team will have up to eighteen (18) women and eighteen (18) men. The combined team of Germany, Great Britain and Italy will be permitted to have up to six (6) women and six (6) men from each of the countries.

A running score will be kept combining the points earned by both women and men.

The course for the competition will be 25 meters (short course).

A swimmer can enter up to six events during the meet – any combination of individual and relay events.
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