London has just played host the International Swimming League, with some of the biggest names in swimming - including Adam Peaty, Sarah Sjostrom, Cate Campbell and Chad le Clos - on show. We were given exclusive access to the fast-paced event which featured pyrotechnics,
music and back-to-back races
The meeting at
London Aquatics Centre was the sixth of the seven meetings that comprise the ISL’s inaugural season. The league involves teams of 24 (12 men and 12 women) competing in short-course sprint, relay and skins races for team points. There are play-offs and finals, individual and club prize money, as well as appearance money for clubs.
The league consists of eight teams – four from Europe and four from the
USA – though there are plans to expand the league next season to 12 sides, with two further teams from both Europe and the USA and the series running from September to April as opposed to the current season of October to December. Despite the teams being based on two continents not all the swimmers are
American or European; the teams comprise of swimmers from all over the world.