Don't axe Adlington event - coach
BBC Sport (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
British head coach Dennis Pursley hits out at suggestions Rebecca Adlington's favoured 800m freestyle event could be dropped from the Olympics.
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London waves hello to Zaha Hadid's Olympic centrepiece
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
• Frame of aquatic centre's roof is now in place • £10m is pledged to get more women playing sport The wavy roof of the distinctive aquatics centre that Olympic organisers hope will house a string of British medal winners, including Rebecca Adlington, was revealed today, as £10m in lottery funding was poured into persuading more women to follow her lead. Swimming is the number...
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Miss Adlington and Mr. Boyle
Tim Worstall (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Olympic swimming champion Rebecca Adlington has formally complained to the BBC that it let comedian Frankie Boyle off with ‘a slap on the wrist’ over jokes that caused her deep hurt. The double gold medal winner at last year’s Beijing Olympics has demanded an explanation from the BBC Trust over why it chose not to punish [...]
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Going To Great Lengths
Dick Puddlecote (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
Christ! Is this still rumbling on? Olympic swimming champion Rebecca Adlington has demanded an explanation from the BBC for failing to take tougher action over 'outrageous' slurs made by comedian Frankie Boyle. Adlington, a two-time gold medal winner at last year's Beijing Olympics, was 'humiliated' by the 37 year old's comments during an episode of BBC 2's satirical show Mock the Week. The Glaswegian...
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Britain's women swimmers are making a splash ahead of London 2012
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Since Rebecca Adlington's double gold triumph at the Beijing Olympics Britain's women swimmers have been on the crest of a wave that they expect to carry them all the way to London 2012. Chris Harvey meets the medal hopefuls.
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Cycling: how the Beijing Olympics changed Chris Hoy's life forever
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
Chris Hoy tells Olga Craig how he has come to terms with instant fame and explains his determination to defend his titles in 2012.
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Swimming: 'Duel in the Pool' attracts Phelps to Manchester meet
The Independent (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
Michael Phelps, the most successful Olympian of all time, will compete in Britain for the first time in December in a Ryder Cup-style "Duel in the Pool" event pitting some of Europe's best swimmers, including Britain's Rebecca Adlington, against America.
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Phelps set to compete in Britain
BBC Sport (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Michael Phelps is to compete in Britain for the first time at a 'Ryder Cup' style swimming meet at the Manchester Aquatics Centre on 18 and 19 December.
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A floor paved with gold, but not with lucre
Sporting reflections (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
In all the fuss over Jenson Button , it's easy to forget that he was not the only British sportsperson to become a world champion on Sunday. Beth Tweddle rounded off a good showing by the British team at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships - Daniel Keatings also won silver in the men’s all-around competition – shaking off her disappointment after falling from the uneven bars (her...
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Mock the Week rapped over Adlington joke
The Independent (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
A "bad taste" joke made by comedian Frankie Boyle on Mock The Week about the Queen did not breach editorial guidelines, the BBC Trust found today.
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Six charged over '£5m online fraud' involving Olympics ticket sales
The Independent (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
Six people have been charged over an alleged £5m online ticket scam involving ticket sales for the Beijing Olympics and other sporting and music events.
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Six charged over '£5m online ticket fraud' that conned Rebecca Adlington's parents
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
Six people were charged in connection with an alleged £5m online ticket scam which conned Rebecca Adlington'a parents.
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Coe hails Visa sponsorship deal
Daily Express (Free subscription) | 29/09/2009
Sebastian Coe has hailed the announcement of a multi-million pound sponsorship deal by payment card giant Visa for Britain's 1,200 Olympic and Paralympic athletes as "a ground-breaking moment for British sport".
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Caborn: Let Adlington support 2012
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/08/2009
• Adlington among leading athletes not signed up to project • Agent blocking deal due to fears over individual sponsorships The former Sports Minister Richard Caborn has called for the double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington to be allowed to support the Team 2012 sponsorship campaign. Caborn, minister when the deal to find extra funding for elite athletes was agreed between the government...
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Defeat spurs Michael Phelps to even greater feats
supercalifragelisticexpialidocious (Free subscription) | 07/08/2009
(Michael Phelps, left, outsprints Serbia's Milorad Cavic to win the men's 100m butterfly final at the Swimming World Championships. Photograph: Mark J Terrill/AP) Posted by Andy Bull Wednesday 5 August 2009 16.34 BST guardian.co.uk Defeat was the best thing that could have happened to Michael Phelps . And Phelps losing was the best thing that could have happened to the World Championships in Rome....