Swimming-Scott to drop 100m free at worlds due to schedule clash

FILE PHOTO: Commonwealth Games - Swimming - Men's 100m Freestyle - Final- Medal Ceremony - Sandwell Aquatics Centre, Birmingham, Britain - August 1, 2022 Bronze medallist Scotland's Duncan Scott celebrates on the podium during the medal ceremony REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's most decorated Olympic swimmer Duncan Scott will compete in only one solo event, the 200m individual medley, as well as relays at next month's world championships in Japan due to a schedule clash.

He told reporters on Tuesday he would not swim the 100m freestyle that he qualified for at the British trials because the heats for that and the IM were back to back at the championships in Fukuoka.