*Becky is back, or so it seems. Britain's golden girl of the pool duly stormed home in first place yesterday at the British Gas Swimming Championships, otherwise known as the Olympic trials, in the 400 metres freestyle and booked her berth for the London Olympics.
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During a terrific sporting weekend one item of news has left me still reeling and that was the announcement that Rob Daley, father of diver Tom, had lost his battle with a brain tumour and had passed away aged just 40 years old.
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Good to see Beccy Adlington this week back from Delhi and back to her best form, in and out of the water.
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Most expected result at the Commonwealth Games? A Kenyan 1-2-3 in the men's 3,000 metres steeplechase.
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I spent the night with Beccy Adlington, and Sharron Davies, and Jo Jackson, and nearly all the girls from the England swimming team and, er, Adrian Moorhouse! I'd better explain.
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I made an interesting slip up with one of my tweets the other day when I talked of how Mark Foster's specialist subject was "80's Music" on Celebrity Masterchef. Of course, I meant Celebrity Mastermind, in which the swimmer turned "Strictly" star managed tofinish, unusually for him, joint last.
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The sight of British swimmer Michael Rock defeating the great Michael Phelps in the 200 metres butterflyat the short-course, Duel in the Pool in Manchester yesterday was something few believed could ever happen.
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Rebecca Adlington remains as down-to-earth and level-headed as ever, despite her household fame, OBE, swimming baths and pub named after her, and various awards and honours since she won two gold medals last August in the 400 and 800 metres freestyle finals at the Beijing Olympics, the latter with a stunning new world record.
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David Davies may be the current Olympic 10K silver medallist, after his fine open water swim in Beijing last summer, and he may well be aiming for gold in Rome at the world championships in August, but what he really dreams of is having a small cameo role in BBC TV's hit comedy, Gavin and...
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