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Swimming

Swimming: Medals inspire Fran Halsall to make freestyle final

By JessLong | Published: 02.08.12

Fran Halsall will step out tonight for the 100 meters freestyle final after finishing joint fourth in her closely contested semi-final at the Aquatics Centre.

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Swimming: Bronze for Rebecca Adlington

By Louise Hudson | Published: 29.07.12

Britain has secured its second medal of the Games, thanks to Rebecca Adlington in the 400m freestyle at the Aquatics Centre tonight.

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London 2012: Keri-Anne gets first taste of Olympic venue

By JessLong | Published: 26.07.12

Beijing silver medallist Keri- Anne Payne has taken to the waters of The Serpentine at Hyde Park as the first athlete to test the London 2012 open water venue.

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London 2012: Bluffer’s guide to swimming

By lflint | Published: 23.07.12

Swimming is one of the easiest Olympic sports to understand with races in the pool being conducted over the middle eight lanes of a 50 metre long pool and including a variety of distances, from 50m (one length) all the way up to 1500m (30 lengths).

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London 2012: Bluffer’s guide to synchronized swimming

By lflint | Published: 04.07.12

Synchronized swimming is often described as ‘water ballet’, because of the dance-like movements swimmers make to music, and its theatrical character.

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Swimming: Lizzie Simmonds claims second gold in Canet

By JessicaW | Published: 08.06.12

British swimmers added a further four medals to their tally on the second day of the Mare Nostrum event in Canet, taking their total to 10 over the two-day meet.

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Swimming: Allen storms to silver in Hungary

By JessicaW | Published: 25.05.12

Sophie Allen claimed her first major international medal for the GBR Swimming Team yesterday, making it two silvers in 24 hours for Great Britain at the European Championships in Hungary.

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Talking 2012 with US swimming legend Amanda Beard

By JessicaW | Published: 18.05.12

US swimmer Amanda Beard was just 14 when she made her Olympic debut in Atlanta, with her teddy bear in tow.

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Video: Double success for swimmer Siwan at School Games

By JessicaW | Published: 13.05.12

The finals of the Sainsbury’s 2012 School Games took place earlier this week with the last day of competition taking place at the Olympic Park on Wednesday.

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Sportsister tests: Aqua Fitness with Karen Pickering MBE

By lflint | Published: 30.03.12

There is one thing that ex-Olympian swimmer Karen Pickering MBE told Sportsister’s Lizzie Flint that has really stuck; “There comes a point in our lives when I think the only sport we’ll be able to do is swimming. After a while, unfortunately our bodies won’t let us do anything else.”