Olympic gold medallist visits Strule Dolphins

THE Strule Dolphins welcomed two special guests recently.

The young swimmers were guided during their training session by none other than Olympic swimmer and gold medalist, Jack McMillan and Oliver Logan, head of Innovation, Biomechanics and Performance Analysis at Aquatics GB.

Jack comes from Belfast and trained at Bangor for years.

After the Olympic Games in Tokyo he moved to train at Stirling University where he currently swims with other elite athletes such as Olympian, Duncan Scott.

During the training session at Omagh Leisure Centre, Jack and Oliver provided tips, advice and drills to help the swimmers improve their swimming technique.

Of course, getting to see and hold an Olympic gold medal fresh from Paris was a special highlight!

A spokesperson said: "Jack was a great sport and gave demonstrations and then he raced with some of our local swimmers too - you might be able to guess who won!

"This was an experience for the children, coaches and parents to treasure.

"Congratulations to Jack on his tremendous achievement with Great Britain’s men’s 200m freestyle relay swim team and to Oliver on his exciting position of advising some of the greatest athletes in the world.

"The Strule Dolphins wish Jack every success in his swimming career and hope to watch him race at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games and fingers crossed for his preparation to qualify for the next Olympics at Los Angeles, in 2028.

"The Strule Dolphins are extremely grateful for these two guests taking the time to visit them and making this particular training session so inspiring."