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Brit pack will bounce back for 2012, insists Rebecca Adlington

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:56:03 GMT

Rebecca Adlington believes British swimmers will be in the hunt for medals at the 2012 Olympics despite being blown out of the water by their American rivals in the Duel in the Pool

Rebecca Adlington now wiser after up and down year

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:23:32 GMT

Double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington concludes her sporting year at the British Gas Duel in the Pool in Manchester this weekend admitting she has learned from a rollercoaster season

Frankie Boyle attacks BBC Trust after they rebuke him for offensive Rebecca Adlington comments

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:23:21 GMT

Controversial comic Frankie Boyle is unrepentant about "offensive" comments which led to a rebuke - and has hit back at BBC Trust criticisms, claiming they were "b*****ks"

Rebecca Adlington hits out at lack of London swimming pools

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:45:59 GMT

Swimmer Rebecca Adlington says the lack of top-class pools to train in London means she would not have achieved double Olympic gold had she been brought up in the capital

Coach: Suit pressure didn't fit well with beaten Adlington

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:32:32 GMT

Olympic hero Rebecca Adlington has been backed by the GB team chief after her surprise defeat in the World Championships

Adlington and relay team make up for Beijing nightmare

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:56:04 GMT

Great Britain's women's 4x200metres freestyle squad put their nightmare of Beijing behind them by taking bronze in a new European record time at swimming's World Championships last night

GB's relay team set Euro swim record

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:47:49 GMT

Britain's women's 4x200metres relay squad swam a European record time as they qualified fastest for tonight's final at the World Championships in Rome

Rebecca Adlington is fired up by 2012 fan power

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:10:17 GMT

Rebecca Adlington took inspiration from Federica Pellegrini's 400 metres freestyle victory at the World Championships in Rome

Rebecca Adlington fears body might not stand rigours of 800m defence defence of 800m titl

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:01:47 GMT

Double Olympic gold medallist Rebecca Adlington has revealed she could quit the 800m freestyle before London 2012

Champion swimmers see 2012 centre take shape

Mon, 11 May 2009 11:35:10 GMT

The British swimming squad, including double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington, have visited the London 2012 Aquatics Centre

BBC's award show switches to Sheffield

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:03:08 GMT

Sport: The BBC's Sports Personality of the Year will be held in Sheffield in December

Adlington's sights are on making this a record year

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:07:16 GMT

Rebecca Adlington is targeting her own world record after setting the seventh-fastest 800metres freestyle time in history at the British Swimming Championships in Sheffield

Jackson turns on style to set new 400m mark

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:50:57 GMT

Swimming: Jo Jackson overshadowed the return the pool of double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington by setting a world record in the 400metres freestyle at the British Swimming Championships in Sheffield

Adlington's Games fear

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:12:34 GMT

Swimming: Rebecca Adlington has called on Olympic officials to retain the 800metres freestyle in which she won gold in Beijing last year

The year the best of British took on the world and came up smiling

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:19:01 GMT

If there was one moment which captured the spirit of a memorable sporting year for Britain, it came in the unlikely surroundings of the Laoshan BMX track in Beijing

Century-chasing Turner hailed as 'Rebecca Adlington of racing'

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:42:53 GMT

Hayley Turner hailed as the "Rebecca Adlington of racing" as she closed in on becoming the first female jockey to ride 100 winners in a calendar year

Olympic gold medallists dominate BBC Sports Personality shortlist

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:37:02 GMT

Seven of Team GB's Olympic gold medallists have been included on the shortlist for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2008 award

C-charge fine for 2012 parade floats

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:17:37 GMT

The drivers of floats who ferried Britain's Olympic medalists on the London victory parade were all fined for failing to pay the congestion charge

65-year-old Cilla eclipses supermodels at charity fashion show

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 07:47:00 GMT

Veteran singer and TV star Cilla Black showed off a magnificent pair of legs as she flounced down the catwalk, to the strains of her hit song Anyone Who Had a Heart

Cilla shakes a lorra, lorra leg

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 07:50:51 GMT

Veteran singer and TV star Cilla Black showed off a magnificent pair of legs as she flounced down the catwalk, to the strains of her hit song Anyone Who Had a Heart

Oh, Christine, you've set my Olympic torch aflame

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:17:57 GMT

For some of us the Olympics are always painful. There are fans - and fairweather fans. And then you have those who require a meteorological explosion of Biblical proportions before they develop any kind of interest at all

Pedalling as fast as I can towards 2012

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:59:13 GMT

This weekend as the cyclists and swimmers of Team GB brought home gold after gold I punched the air - because cycling and swimming are my sports

Adlington promises to shine in London with more medals

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:12:54 GMT

Double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington has promised to deliver more swimming medals at the London Olympics

I want to be the Phelps of 2012 says golden girl Becky

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:18:56 GMT

Double gold medallist Rebecca Adlington has said she dreams of having the same success as her hero Michael Phelps

Adlington breaks Games record as Foster goes out

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:54:52 GMT

Rebecca Adlington broke the Olympic record to stay on track for double gold in Beijing as Mark Foster's fifth Games ended in less than 23 seconds

Unsynchronised Tom must learn to duck and dive

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:28:47 GMT

It is easy to forget that Team GB diver is only 14 years old and he has already gained good experience

'Amazing...two Britons on the same podium'

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:31:19 GMT

Rebecca Adlington won Great Britain's first women's swimming gold medal for 48 years while teammate Jo Jackson took bronze

Adlington ends GB pool jinx

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:56:13 GMT

In one swoop, GB pair ensured Britain's entire medal tally in the pool at the Athens games was matched

Torture of Olympic addiction is bringing tears of joy to my eyes

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:24:43 GMT

Thrilled to Brits

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:35:03 GMT

Now golden girls - swimmer Rebecca Adlington and cyclist Nicole Cooke - eye more glory as they go for medal double