Tag: Rebecca Adlington
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Rebecca Adlington Reflects After Announcing Her Retirement
“Sportsvibe had the opportunity to catch up with the greatest British swimmer in British Olympic history Rebecca Adlington, after she announced her retirement from competitive swimming. the 23-year-old double gold medallist reflects on her career and the passion that has dominated her life since she was four years old, and shares some of her plans…
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Rebecca Adlington retires
Great Britain’s double Olympic swimming champion Rebecca Adlington has retired, the 23-year-old, who won the 800m world title in 2011 and two Commonwealth Games gold medals in 2010, picked up two bronze medals at London 2012. “I love swimming but as a competitive element and elite athlete I won’t compete any more,” she said. Read…
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Rebecca Adlington to make announcement on future
Double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington has revealed that she will make a “major announcement” at a press conference next Tuesday, amid rumours she has decided to retire from swimming. Read for instance France 24
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Science says: It is okay to pee in the pool
OMG – Phelps, Lochte, Adlington et al. were right all along, via the17thman: Scientists are now confirming that Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte’s admission that they urinate in the swimming pool is really not such a big deal after all. ‘Urine is essentially sterile so there isn’t actually anything to kill in the first place.…
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British Swimming is in a mess, says Adlington
Uh oh, Rebecca Adlington has criticised British Swimming for the delay in naming a new head coach, calling the situation an “absolute mess”. “Why is it taking so long? We’ve been dying for them to appoint a head coach for months,” Adlington told BBC Sport. Read and watch BBC here and here
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An Introduction to Pools 4 Schools
British Gas visits the launch of their Pools 4 Schools event alongside Rebecca Adlington, teaching kids to swim by installing temporary pools in local communities and running swimming lessons for kids. Pools 4 Schools, run by Former Olympian Steve Parry, is just one of the ways in which British Gas supports swimming from a grassroots…
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Adlington blogs from Amazing Africa
See rebeccaadlington.co.uk, they are doing it for charity, and you can donate at JustGiving I knew the bike ride was going to be difficult but I don’t think I realised quite how hard it would be. It was without a doubt the hardest challenge I’ve ever done. The first day was 80 miles, which was…
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Rebecca Adlington Reflects On Her Experience During London 2012
Sportsvibe caught up with Britian’s most successful swimmer of all time, Rebecca Adlington, as she reflects on this summer’s Olympic Games, and shares with us the details of her charity bike ride in Africa in aid of Sport In Action next month.