GO GOLD Athlete of the Week: Jay Newman

This week, it's the turn of Jay Newman to go under the spotlight as part of our GO GOLD coverage!

The aspiring swimmer took time out of the pool to offer a little bit of an insight into his life and upcoming events.

What would be your three essential items if you were stuck on a desert island? A kayak to get home with, lots of food and water.

How would your friends describe you? Funny and very active, a mad keen Leicester Football Fan and always eating!!!

What is your favourite thing to do at weekends? Go out with friends, playing football, play on my PS4 and going to Leicester City matches.

If not a professional athlete, what job do you want to have when you're older? A police officer or a sports scientist.

Describe your favourite training session and why you like it. My favourite session is saturday morning because it is usually the hardest session of the week,so I feel like I get loads out of the session, then I go home to sleep!!

Do you have anything else that you'd like us to know? I am swimming at the British Summer National Championships from the 25th to the 29th July. I have a really busy week with 6 qualification times. I have been training for months for this meet and I am really up for the challenge- #summerchampions17 Look out for me on the live feed in the 200fly, 400Im,200 breast, 100 Fly, 200IM, 100 Breast- 15 year old age group.- British Summer Championships 2017.