Jersey Sports Council Sports Person of the Year for 2024 and 2025 was in scintillating form to win his first British senior title in the 200m breaststroke at the Aquatics GB Swimming Championships in London. He finished the race 0.99 seconds ahead of 2025 champion Greg Butler who was second while Christian Ryan was third.
Earlier in the week at the Championships Filip was pipped to the post by Olympic Legend Adam Peaty in the 100m breaststroke who won in 58.97 seconds which is the second best in the world this year. Filip came second in 59.39. 24 hours later Filip again was placed second behind Adam Peaty, this time in the 50m final. Filip finished in 27.10 with Adam winning in a time of 26.64
The results mean that Filip confirms his place on the GB team heading to Paris for this summer’s European Aquatics Championships.