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23 February, 2010
My family and I went to the opening of what was Sherwood Baths, now the Rebecca Adlington Swimming Centre in Mansfield, I can’t tell you how proud my parents were
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/ Rebecca Adlington Swimming Centre
11 December, 2009
Following the news from the IOC meeting in Lausanne yesterday, it is great to hear that the swimming programme will not be changed for 2012, keeping the 800m Freestyle for women in the programme.
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/ Olympics
/ Swimming
/ Opinion
20 November, 2009
All this recent talk of London being only 1,000 days away, but my next goal is the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in October next year.
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/ Commonwealth Games
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/ Swimming
/ Competition
12 October, 2009
I’m currently doing a period of two months heavy training – so it’s pretty hardcore for me at the moment.
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/ training
/ Swimming
10 September, 2009
Now the dust has settled from Rome I am able to make an objective review of my performances at the meet and my progress towards London 2012.
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/ Swimming
/ World Championships
/ Competition
29 July, 2009
Really happy with my swim. It was a personal best and 2 seconds quicker than i went at the Olympics in Beijing
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/ World Championships
/ Swimming
/ Competition
20 April, 2009
Going into the recent World Championship Trials in Sheffield, I was relatively nervous given everything that has happened since the Olympics in Beijing. Whilst I had maintained a full training programme I hadn’t been able to train to the standard I usually do throughout the winter months.
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/ Competition
/ World Championships
/ Swimming
9 March, 2009
Recently I was very concerned to read that the IOC/FINA are considering removing the 800m Freestyle from the Olympic Programme for women – as the defending Olympic Champion in the event I would be very sad if this does in fact come into effect for 2012...
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/ Olympics
/ Opinion
/ Swimming
5 January, 2009
Where to start with a year that contained so much....
My first major event of the year was the Olympic Trials. Without any doubt, the most emotionally draining domestic event I’ve ever experienced. Everywhere I looked I saw athletes crying, either because they had missed out on the GB Olympic Team, or through sheer elation and relief at making it.
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/ 2008
/ Olympics
/ World Championships
/ OBE
/ Swimming