British Olympic medal hopeful Keri-Anne Payne has called on the nation to get behind local athletes, as Team GB prepare for the home games.
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After blowing away the field at the British Gas Swimming Championships, which double-up as selection for the 2012 Olympic Games, Liam Tancock, the national and Commonwealth 100-metre backstroke champion pleasantly greeted the crowd with a smile and a wave.
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By Simon Knights

Britain’s six-time world champion Mark Foster has ruled out competing in next year’s Olympic Games next year saying he can’t see himself winning a medal.
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Hannah Miley, Jemma Lowe and Michael Jamieson have taken Great Britain's final medal haul from the European Short Course Championships to nine.
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*Speedo’s new swimwear technology has been unveiled, with promises of record breaking results at London 2012. *   The swimwear manufacturer claims their radical approach to swimwear means performances will be faster than those offered by previous high tech suits which were outlawed under technological doping rules in 2009.
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British Diving was experiencing an all-time low until Leon Taylor won a silver medal at the Athens Olympics in 2004 in the synchronised event, alongside partner Peter Waterfield.
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By Joshua Modaberi

Ian Thorpe, Australia’s greatest Olympian, suffered more frustration and disappointment at Singapore’s World Cup short course meeting as he failed to make the final of the 100m butterfly.
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Ian Thorpe’s return to the pool after five years away from international competition was, as he himself had predicted, less of a bang than a whisper.
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Five-time Olympic champion Ian Thorpe will make his return to competitive international swimming at the World Cup in Singapore on Friday after a five-year absence. The 29-year-old Australian retired in 2006 citing disillusionment with the sport but confirmed earlier this year he was returning, with a view to competing in the London 2012 Olympics.
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Great Britain’s swimmers went from strength to strength in Berlin as they concluded their performance at the FINA World Cup with 13 medals, when former World Championship silver medallist Fran Halsall won gold in the 100 metres individual medley and James Goddard set a new British record in the 200m event.
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