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The winner of each event at this week’s championships effectively secures one of two Olympics places for each event, as long as the swimmer matches the qualification time.<\/p>\n
Commonwealth champion James Wilby<\/b> took silver behind Peaty but his time was 0.02secs outside the Olympic qualification time.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, Keanna MacInnes<\/b> produced a shock in the 200m butterfly by pipping 2024 world champion Laura Stephens<\/b> to secure her place.<\/p>\n
She won the title in a Scottish record time of two minutes 7.24secs, but with Stephens also under the qualification time 0.13secs behind both are likely to compete in France. <\/p>\n
Freya Colbert<\/b> won the 200m freestyle but said she is unlikely to race the event in Paris because of a clash with the 400m individual medley – which she won at the World Championships earlier this year.<\/p>\n
Colbert’s win secured her a place on the 4x200m relay team while Abbie Wood <\/b>was also under the qualification time in second, meaning she is likely to race the event at the Olympics.<\/p>\n
Kieran Bird<\/b> swam a lifetime best to win the men’s 400m freestyle but his effort of 3:45.63 was an agonising 0.2secs outside the Olympic qualifying time.<\/p>\n
The British championships are also fully integrated with the Para events, though Paralympic qualification takes a different format. Swimmers compete in mixed-classification races, then they are ranked in relation to their times to select a full squad.<\/p>\n
In a competitive women’s 200m Para-freestyle race, five swimmers – Poppy Maskill<\/b>, Olivia Newman-Baronius<\/b>, Louise Fiddes<\/b>, Jessica-Jane Applegate<\/b> and Suzanna Hext<\/b> – were all under the qualification time.<\/p>\n
Maskill took the title to put herself in pole position for a place in Paris.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere in the Para-swimming events, Sam Downie<\/b> won the 400m freestyle title, Grace Harvey<\/b> the 50m butterfly, Lyndon Longhorne <\/b>the 150m individual medley and Harry Stewart<\/b> the 100m breaststroke, although all four were outside the initial qualification time for the Paralympics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n