Interesting fact, courtesy of Elizabeth Simmonds on Twitter
Was weird hearing the live commentary underwater during the race.. Very surreal hearing ur 50m split times blasted through submerged space!
— Elizabeth Simmonds (@QueenMond) March 9, 2012
And hilarious follow-up tweet
Also just got asked by a 6 year old if I would do him the honour of coming to his house to play tomorrow. Best chat up line ever..
— Elizabeth Simmonds (@QueenMond) March 9, 2012
Adlington was baffled by the underwater commentary
She said: “It was so bizarre. I’ve never been to a pool where you can hear the commentary.
“On the turns you could proper hear your name and I was like ‘what’s going on?’ – I thought something had happened. I thought they were DQing us at the start. I’m not used to hearing people underwater.
“It wasn’t a problem, I just wondered what was going on.
“You could only hear it briefly, like when you turned.
“As soon as you are breathing your ear is out so I could hear the buzz from the crowd so I didn’t really pay attention.â€
Read London24 (link unfortunately dead now 2 years later)
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