Adlington will again be one of Britain's key hopes at the Duel in the Pool

Double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington and world title-holder Liam Tancock will lead the British team when they go head-to-head with Germany.

Olympic medallists David Davies and Jo Jackson are in Britain's squad for the meet at the Wales National Pool later this month.

The event follows on from the success of the Duel in the Pool against the United States in December.

The meet will be contested over two days on 20-21 February in Swansea.

The US easily beat the European team, which contained British, German and Italian swimmers, 185-78 at December's showdown in Manchester.

Davies heads the six-strong Welsh contingent in the 35-man British squad to compete in Swansea as the 2006 Commonwealth 1,500m freestyle champion is joined by Thomas Haffield, Jazz Carlin, Georgia Davies, Georgia Holderness and Lowri Tynan.

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The Duel in the Pool will provide them with vital race exposure before the Swimming Championships in March.

"This event provides athletes the opportunity to race against world class competition in a head-to-head format," said British Swimming head coach Dennis Pursley.

"This is one of the best chances for our swimmers to compete against top international competition without real disruption to their training.

"The British athletes will be coming to the end of an intensive training period before the British Gas Swimming Championships in March, while the German athletes are just returning after their winter break and so are building back into their training period."

The 33-strong German squad includes Olympic medallist Britta Steffen, world champion Paul Beidermann and world silver medallist Benjamin Starke.

The British team won six medals at the Olympics in Beijing, two gold, two silver and two bronze, while Germany finished with two golds and a bronze.

At the Swansea meet the winners of each race will score five points, second place will receive three points and one point for third place finishes.

The winning team in the relays receive seven points and the nation with the most points will be crowned victors of the inaugural event.

"This is going to be a great opportunity to see who has the mental toughness to get up and race despite the challenges of heavy training," added Pursley.

Great Britain squad:
Matthew Clay, Rebecca Adlington, Ross Davenport, Charlotte Barnes, David Davies, Anne Bochmann, Daniel Fogg, Jazmin Carlin, Thomas Haffield, Georgia Davies, Ian Hulme, Jessica Dickons, Andrew Hunter, Francesca Halsall, Antony James, Georgia Holderness, Michael Jamieson, Joanne Jackson, Robbie Renwick, Caitlin McClatchey, Joseph Roebuck, Louise Pate, Daniel Sliwinski, Elizabeth Simmonds, Lewis Smith, Amy Smith, Liam Tancock, Emma Smithurst, Charles Turner, Jessica Sylvester, Grant Turner, Lowri Tynan, Chris Walker-Hebborn, Aimee Willmott, Katherine Wyld

German squad:
Dorothea Brandt, Paul Biedermann, Jaana Ehmcke, Dimitri Colupaev, Isabell Härle, Steffen Deibler, Franziska Hentke, Johannes Dietrich, Franziska Jansen, Toni Embacher, Lena Kalla, Hendrik Feldwehr, Silke Lippok, Christoph Fildebrandt, Jenny Mensing, Lucien Haßdenteufel, Theresa Michalak, Helge Meeuw, Caroline Ruhnau, Marco Koch, Janne Schäfer, Christian Kubusch, Nina Schiffer, Yannick Lebherz, Daniela Schreiber, Johannes Neumann, Britta Steffen, Benjamin Starke, Kerstin Vogel, Tim Wallburger, Alexandra Wenk, Felix Wolf, Jan Wolfgarten

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