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The Tollcross International Swimming Centre is a swimming pool and leisure centre in
Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...
. It hosted the
Swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...
events at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. The centre hosted the IPC Swimming World Championships during July 2015.


Technical features

It has one Olympic standard 50 metre swimming pool, which was extensively upgraded, and a second 50-metre pool which was added as a warm-up facility. The pool was reopened on 24 May 2013. The seating capacity of the Pool is 2,000, rising to 5,000 with temporary seating during the Commonwealth Games. Additional upgrades were made in 2017 in preparation for the 2018 European Aquatics Championships, which included repairs, a new roof, and electrical and mechanical equipment additions.Race, Retta (24 November 2016)
"Tollcross Int'l Swimming Center Improvements Ready For 2017"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 23 November 2021.


Notable events

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British Swimming Championships The British Swimming Championships are an annual event organised by British Swimming (the governing body of swimming in the United Kingdom). History The event is usually held in March or April each year in a long course (50 m) swimming pool ...
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, 2016,Commings, Jeff (27 July 2015)
"Glasgow To Host 2016 British Olympic Swimming Trials"
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2019 * British Swimming Glasgow Meet: 2021"Tollcross Set To Stage British Swimming Glasgow Meet"
'' British Swimming''. 3 May 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
Byrnes, Liz (3 June 2021)
"Anna Hopkin Posts 24.67 50 Free In Evening Heats; Peaty & Dawson Progress In Glasgow"
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Swimming World ''Swimming World'' is a US-based monthly swimming magazine that was first published in a magazine format as ''Junior Swimmer'' in January 1960. It concurrently runs online websites ''Swimming World Magazine'' and ''Swimming World News'', (known ...
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Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...
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Duel in the Pool The Duel in the Pool is a swimming event that took place bi-annually from 2003 to 2015. In 2022, the event was reintroduced with an edition between the United States and Australia and co-organized by Swimming Australia and USA Swimming. From 2003 ...
: 2013"Glasgow to host Duel in the Pool"
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"U.S. wins Duel in the Pool tiebreaker vs. Europe"
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* European Aquatics Championships:
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"Swimming - Milak, Kolesnikov and Burdisso showcase European young talent"
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European Short Course Swimming Championships The European Short Course Swimming Championships (variously referred to informally as the "Short Course Europeans" or "European 25m Championships") are a swimming meet, organized by LEN. The meet features swimmers from Europe, competing in events ...
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Race, Retta (10 December 2019)
"Snapshot Of 2019 European Short Course Championships Overall Results"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
* European Sports Championships:
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''. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2021. * World Para Swimming Championships: 2015


References


External links


Official website
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