She really is an American superstar and packs in loads of freestyle events, from m all the way to m, which is new at this Games. She's been one of the amazing stars of our sport since winning the m at London and she holds super-fast world records. It's even more exciting this year as she has a big rival in Australia's Ariarne Titmus who'll be pushing Katie all the way, especially in the shorter m and m.
At the Australian trials Ariarne went faster than Katie has been this year. So it's all set for an epic encounter between the two, a real head-to-head battle.
I'd say Katie would be slight favourite in the longer distance races. He's taken over the Michael Phelps mantle as a world icon and in doing multi events, such as the 50m sprint, m freestyle plus m Butterfly, and he'll be in a lot of the American relays which are always strong.
Caeleb has amazing starts and turns too. His skills are so far ahead of everyone else in the world. Rebecca says: "I love TV work especially when it involves swimming as I'm so passionate about the sport. Just to get more and more kids involved in the pool and learning such a crucial skill is so rewarding.
So I'll keep hammering on at that as much as I can. But I do love the TV work. Shows like I'm A Celebrity I loved doing them. The live finals take place from 2. What to Watch. Categories TV Shows. Whattowatch Newsletter. Get the latest updates, reviews and unmissable series to watch and more! Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands. Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors. Thank you for signing up to Whattowatch.
You will receive a verification email shortly. There was a problem. Please refresh the page and try again. Then, in the final, she went from fifth place with 50 meters to go to snatch the gold medal from American Katie Hoff and teammate Joanne Jackson in a thrilling finger-tip finish. It was the first Olympic gold medal for a British woman since Anita Lonsbrough won the m breaststroke in Adlington was the most successful woman swimmer Britain ever produced, and the first British swimmer since Henry Taylor had won multiple gold medals one hundred years earlier, in Her triumphs in Beijing brought her instant fame: front-page headlines, an open-top bus parade in her home town and a coveted pair of gold Jimmy Choo shoes.
In fact, between the Beijing and London Olympics, she stood on the podium in every major international event in which she competed, even though she refused to wear the polyurethane suits that helped the world records tumble in When she won gold in the and silver in the m freestyle at the FINA Championships in Shanghai, expectations were high that she could repeat her double gold medal performance from Beijing in London.
But it was always going to be tougher for her competing at home. In Beijing she was an unknown, which is a tremendous psychological advantage in terms of pressure and surprise. In London, that advantage belonged to a year old American named Katie Ledecky. When Adlington took bronze in the m, she was delighted, for the was her weaker race. But after winning a second bronze in the , the disappointment showed. Since then she has joined the BBC as a popular commentator for the aquatic sports.
Elsewhere in the pool, American Ryan Lochte saw his dream of winning seven swimming golds crumble when the US 4x m freestyle team were narrowly beaten at the death by France. The result gave team-mate and rival Michael Phelps his first medal of the Games and his 17th overall, but for Lochte, who beat Phelps in the m individual medley race on Saturday, the best he can now hope for is a modest six golds.
Earlier Briton Ellen Gandy finished in last place in the m butterfly final, in a race that saw American Dana Vollmer break the world record. It was Gandy's first Olympic final, and there was little expectation that she would challenge for medals with the m her favoured event. You can also hear them on the second 50 which is unusual.
Vollmer's world record was the second of the meet after Ye Shiwen lowered the women's m individual medley on Saturday with a final 50m quicker than Ryan Lochte, winner of the men's equivalent. South Africa's Cameron Van der Burgh also broke the world record in the men's m breastroke, finishing in This article is more than 9 years old.
Defending champion takes m freestyle bronze in front of 'overwhelming' home crowd in Aquatics Centre. Britain's Rebecca Adlington poses with her bronze medal after placing third at the women's m freestyle final. Gandy, too, paid tribute to the "amazing" crowd. Reuse this content.
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