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So far at these World Championships in Shanghai, it has all been about

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USA, USA, USA! Whether it is the new stark or not, and Britain have

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been lagging behind. But today, the first real chance in the pool of a

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gold medal, because Becky Adlington is out to get the one title that

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has so far eluded her. She wants to be world champion. The Olympic

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champion, over 800m Adlington hopes to complete the set. Lycett

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Simmonds a snug into the final of the 200m backstroke and is up

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against a 16-year-old American superstar. Mark Foster is alongside

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me and will be analysing all the action and putting it into context

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as far as 2012 is concerned and with one year to go, Becky

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Adlington knows exactly what to expect. As a 19-year-old, she went

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into the Beijing Olympics with hopes possibly of fake medal, maybe

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two. She came out as a double for a week, the women's 800m

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freestyle final and Rebecca Addington does In the fastest. But

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beware the dame in lane five, Lotte but finally she did stop before the

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gun went. 16 events of this pool and hopefully it will take about

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eight minutes and 14 seconds and if it does, Addington will break the

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world record. Her own world record. But this is a little ominous. Lotte

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Friis of Denmark stating her pace immediately, under Becky's world

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record pace by quite a way. Becky has such a fantastic finish. I

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think if Adlington is there with Friis, with 100m to go, I think it

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is Becky's. But it is a psychological game, this one,

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because there are bigger rivals. Becky knows that Friis is on form,

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having swung the St heat together. -- having been in the same heat

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together. The world champion from 2005, 2007 with the black cap on.

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Only 23 years of age but I am not sure it had better days are behind

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her. Horrible to say that at 23, but I am not sure if Kate Ziegler

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is in form. We are at the 150 mark. Friis and Addington in the white

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hat and blue had respectively. Touching almost exactly the same

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time. Lotte Friis closer to us with the white hat. Becky Adlington

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looks very good at the moment. Friis tends to be bid up about half

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way. -- tends to pick it up. A big breath into the wall. Not the

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greatest turn from Becky. Something she has 12 Munster were gone. I

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know the British team has specific funding to work on its terms.

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Talking to Michael Scott, the performance director, before we

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started, and he was talking very specifically about working with the

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coach is on the turns and clearly, they have got a lot of work to do.

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Becky needs to do work on that. She cannot afford, on a 16 length

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raised, to lurch -- to lose half a second per turn. Ziegler is still

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on them, though, Andy. This is good, actually. I am pleased about this.

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Adlington is still there with Friis but Ziegler, that is also ominous.

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For Ziegler to still be with Friis. They are playing into her hands a

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little bit and she is tough. It is better for Adlington that she is

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therefore Friis. Although Friis does Jennie Tonge, I think

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Adlington can do the same. I think it will be a sprint in the last

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100m in this race. If it is, I have my money ANA Adlington. She is now

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two wants hundredths of a second behind Lotte Friis. Nine lends left

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at the end of this Lent. -- nine lengths left at the end of this

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move and that would be interesting, because I expected Lotte Friis to

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go at the next turn, the halfway point. You have to be careful with

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abrupt moves on this race, Andy, because if you do put in extra

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effort just to try to break you can bring your pacing. She will not

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want to do that. -- you can ruin your pacing. So the women's 800m

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freestyle at the World Championships and Becky Adlington

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still just in the lead and it has been less than a tenth of a second

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on every turn isobar. Addington in the blue hat for Great Britain.

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Lotte Friis from Denmark. And Kate Ziegler of the USA. Well, maybe

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still there. Looks like she is just dropping back -- dropping back a

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tiny bit. They have picked it up their little. -- a little. The two

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ladies at the front, Adlington and Friis, are stepping it up just

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slightly, and it is proving a little bit too hard for Ziegler. An

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American in fourth place. Fourth or fifth. This is now turning into a

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head-to-head match. It looks like Friis is having a go now. She is

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going right now. And Becky has seen her. She is breathing to her left-

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hand side. But Friis, with six lengths to go, is trying to break

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in. Friis can keep on going. She does not have the sprint so she has

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to go early, but six lengths is an awful long way. Five to go. The two

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of them have stepped up their pace do now. It looks like the turn is

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just... She is losing that is 0.1 or 0.2 on each of the turns, Andy,

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Rebecca Adlington. Friis has moved over to the right. She is trying to

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distance herself from Beckett so she is not breathing down her neck.

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200m to go, four lengths of this Paul -- of these pool. Addington on

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the left and Lotte Friis of Denmark on the right. They have tracked

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each other all the way through and I think Adlington is playing a

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pretty clever game here. I think she is letting Lotte Friis state --

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set the pace. She looks like she is holding on. If it is 50 to go and

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it is a sprint, I would stick my money on Becky, but she is working

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very hard at the moment. She has more of a sprinter as's at stroke.

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-- a sprinter's stroke. Only two lengths to go. 100m at the stern.

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It is head-to-head. All that swimming and it boils down to this.

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Becky is starting the hundredm the biggest gap down that she has had.

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We do not know how much energy Becky has left. Becky on the left,

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Friis on the right. The gold medal goes to one of these two ladies.

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Friis is looking strong. Becky is coming back. This is an

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unbelievable race. Fantastic to watch. Becky, the Olympic champion,

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Friis the world champion. Just looking over each other. One length.

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Look at this! Friis closer to us, from Denmark, and Rebecca Adlington.

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She is starting to overtake! Rebecca Adlington in the blue hat

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for Great Britain is starting to overtake! It is very close! Is the

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Goldman going to Britain? -- is the gold medal going to Britain? What a

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superb swim that was! She waited until the last 50m after tracking

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Friis. World champion, 800m freestyle, Rebecca Abingdon of

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Great Britain. It was like two heavyweight boxers slugging each

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other. And really the last 50m. She is going to congratulate Friis. She

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knows the battle they were in. Friis did everything she could. The

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race goes to Becky and what a great time to come back into form, to win

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the World Championships the year before the Olympics in London.

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Friis is looking ever more at Adlington and she was. -- looking

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over more at Adlington than she wants. Addington dug the for this,

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didn't she, Andy? -- dubbed deep. She is the world champion. In the

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end, it was actually quite a long way. What a great sprint she has

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got, Betty. -- Becky. This is great to see. Our two world champions,

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Keri-Anne Payne on the right and Becky Adlington, the new world

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champion in the 800m freestyle. She is delighted. Good on you. Such an

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intelligent race as well. Just totally used Lotte Friis all the

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way through to the stop so world champion in the 800m freestyle,

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Rebecca Adlington adding that gold medal to the gold medal she won in

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Beijing. She clearly enjoys swimming 800m freestyle in China.

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great swim. Great Britain winning gold in the swimming pool, Rebecca

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Adlington world champion in the women's 800m women's freestyle.

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World champion and Olympic champion and world record holder, 800m

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freestyle. And with one year to go, that is very impressive indeed.

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was, Andy. I am really looking forward to the national anthem.

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am I! We have been listening to everybody else's. Keri-anne Payne

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won the 10th Kai open water. And now Rebecca Adlington, winning the

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 51 seconds

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CLARE BALDING: Becky Adlington shouts out there, come on! And she

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had her finger nails done with the Union flag. How fitting. And we can

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now go live to Shanghai and speed to the new world champion, Rebecca

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What a race and what a fabulous final length. Thank you. I am

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feeling the pain now. It is the first time I have sat down since

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the race! In terms of the way Lotte Friis did you want from the start

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and absolutely sat neck-and-neck with you, it made it thrilling to

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watch, but it made it Tens as well. Yes, the way she has dominated the

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Olympic Games, the eight handers, she goes out and does her own race,

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and in her mind she is positive that way and we always thought that

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if she has got people with her then she will fight a bit more, but in

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that last 100m, it was phenomenal. She has proven to herself that she

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can do it in two different ways. She had a tiny technical problems

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in Shanghai, but it does give us an opportunity to talk about the fact

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that she can improve on this because there are areas of her

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swimming that can be even better. Yes, the actual swimming part,

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after she has pushed off the ball she is the best in that world, the

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fastest in the world, but the bit she can improve on is the start and

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the terms. She need to streamline the kicks off the wall. Lotte Friis

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is not the best turn in the world, but she took off this much, which

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is 0.1 of a second, but times that by 16, that is maybe a second she

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is losing just on the terms alone. Interesting but the commentary said

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there, and D James said Betty Adlington you are the best sprinter

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in the world, believe in yourself and hold on to that. Sometimes you

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wonder if she does herself more than anyone else. This is a big

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thing, the belief. She said she can believe she may be World

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Championship final, but hang on, you are Olympic champion, now you

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are world champion, Commonwealth champion, she has won everything.

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She just lacks that tiny belief in herself which hopefully she will

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soon realise how good she is before it orphanages at the end. She is

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absolutely amazing. -- before a tour finishes at the end. Maybe

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this deflects from herself in a sense. We are going to try and

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joint Becky Adlington again a bit later in the programme. Our

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connection has gone down, I'm afraid. We will go from one extreme

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to the other. One length of the poll in the butterfly final. Seven

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I expected. It looks like she is starting to swim away. Oh, who has

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got it? Dekker has got it! Oh, come on! Theresa, what are you doing in

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these finals? Inge Dekker finally wins a gold for Holland. That is a

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massive shock. When we see the replay, Alexandra went too far over.

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A good win for Dekker. You can't take anything away from her. Two

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gold medals for her. We are not going to see the bird's eye view of.

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going to see the bird's eye view of. bronze medal position. A massive

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surprise. So, the gold goes to Inge Dekker of Holland. I can't believe

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it. And a huge bronze medal for Melanie Henique he frowns.

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You look very pleased. Yes, it is You look very pleased. Yes, it is

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the best result you can get. I am so happy with this. I just tried to

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focus on my race and then I finished first. I was so surprised

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and happy. I was going to ask where the EU because it was a very tight

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finish and batteries but in an extra stride. Oh really? So it was

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the finish that saved me. Well done. Thank you. Inge Dekker following in

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the footsteps of the great Dutch sprinter. I think that is what

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Sharron Davies was referring to. She is an interesting character,

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Dekker, isn't she? Really interesting. It is funny how many

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athletes are amazing in the ball, but I remember at the World Short

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Course Championships last year she said she did not want to go out for

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the final. She said she did not feel right today. But she got it

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right today. She felt right in that race. What to raise decided it was

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to slip to straight out, but she lost it on that. It is one of those

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things, when Becker wants to race she races well, but when she does

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and then she doesn't bother. Butterfly is fast, but freestyle is

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even faster. If the 50m freestyle is your thing, you are the fastest

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human in water. And this man should know. What a race this is going to

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be. To be the fastest. The fastest in the water. The fastest in the

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world. Every sinew straining to hear the gun. 20 seconds. 32

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strokes. No breath. Until you hit the wall. You are in agony. You are

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in ecstasy. You are the fastest. has won it! The fastest in the

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world. Gold to Great Britain. Gold record holder Cielo Filho, only the

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second fastest resilient into the final. This will be fascinating.

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One length of the pool. The fastest Filho in lane five. He took about

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20 or 30 centimetres of the rest of the field. In freestyle, that is an

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awful lot. It looks like it is Cielo Filho. He has won it by

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miles! Cielo Filho has won it. The silver goes to Dotto of Italy, a

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big surprise. And the bronze has gone to Bernard of France. Goodness

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me, all over the place. Well, his team-mate looking a bit

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disappointed. The guy was already sprint freestyle at right now in

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the world. Successfully defending his title. He gets the gold in the

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53. Dotto takes silver and Bernard takes bronze. The second gold of

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the week for Cielo Filho. This has been an emotional week. Comforting

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him is an Olympic medallist in the freestyle. He is a got back in

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Brazil, so that would be his role model when he was growing up.

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word, isn't Brazilian swimming off- word, isn't Brazilian swimming off-

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line? Yes, they have always been good in the sprint events. We have

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seen Cielo Filho win took this meet and also sell well. -- silver. And

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we have got Liam Tancock. Yes, we will see him in a second or two. We

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are still trying to get Rebecca Adlington back. If she is the

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leader of the women's pack in terms of Team GB, then Liam Tancock is

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the leader of the men. He lined up in the semi-finals of the 50m

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backstroke. Tancock was in lane two. The big danger was Camille Lacourt

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The big danger was Camille Lacourt of France in lane four. Commentary

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once again comes from Adrian They have got to come up at 15. The

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judges have been a relatively relaxed on people coming up be on

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the 50 mark. My goodness me, Tancock is going well at the Kop --

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at the top of. My goodness me! He was very sluggish in the heats. He

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has blasted the first 35 here. I think he has got it. Yes, he has!

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He wins this first semi-final. was fast. That is incredible. Over

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half a second faster than his heat, half a second faster than his heat,

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on a 50! Thumbs-up. A good thumbs-up when you finished?

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Yes, I want to come out fast in each race I do. I take each race as

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an individual one whether it is a heat, final or semi-final. I just

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want to come here and get through the round. I have got my spot in

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the final tomorrow night and anything can happen. All those guys

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are going to be strong tomorrow. We have got world champions struck the

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years, 2005, 2007, 2009, you know, a new 100 backstage champion this

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year in Camille Lacourt, so it will be tough. Medals can come from any

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lane in the final and I have got one of those lanes and I have got a

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shot. What makes a perfect race? don't think there is such a thing

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as a perfect race. I went through with my coat this morning about how

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eyes on this morning, and how I can improve, and there were so many

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ways I can improve. I am going to go back and swim down, have a

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massage, have a good night's sleep, go for my race again and find areas

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that they can improve on and go faster. You know, I am looking

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forward to it. Lovely Liam Tancock. He has good at keeping it simple,

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isn't he? He loves racing, he loves that sort of competition and

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challenge against the best people in the world. One of the things he

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said there was to go back and look at the footage and tried to improve.

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As a swimmer, as an athlete, you always want to have the perfect

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race. I came out of the world record and said there were a couple

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of things wrong, you say you can go faster. I think if he does the same

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tomorrow night, then he could win it. I think he will win it if he

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does the same. It is the thing in the final, when that pressure is on,

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they try too hard. It is interesting because it is very

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important that he continues his success. I had an e-mail from

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someone the other day running a swimming meet pockets sewn that all

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these girls are turning up, 80% girls, 20% boys. Where have all the

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boys gone? I wonder if that is one of the negative side of having such

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a lopsided team. The women have been great and the men had not been

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so successful. Historically in men sport as a whole, there are more

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sports to choose from. If you are an up-and- coming youngster, I

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can't think of the name of the one I am thinking of, he was a great

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footballer and swimmer - James Beattie - he chose football. If you

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look at sport as a career and you are younger, if you're really good

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then you will go to a sport with money in it, and there is no money

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in swimming. Youngsters get to an age and life takes over and they

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don't want to do sport. It is so positive that we have got role-

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models from both men and women. Some news - Fran Halsall has

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qualified for the final of the at 50m freestyle. She was 5th fastest.

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Kate Haywood in the 50m breaststroke, she just missed out.

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She was night fastest and missed a place in the final bike to hundreds

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of a second. You have seen from those shots bear how supportive the

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rest of the swimmers are when they are not competing, they are there

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to cheer everyone on. The one he got a big hug from Betty Adlington

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was Keri-Anne Payne because her World Championships in terms of

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medals was over when she qualified for the Olympics in the 10

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kilometres. Sharron Davies caught up with Keri-Anne Payne in Shanghai.

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I remember getting nervous in the run-up to Moscow. Is that how you

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feel? Definitely. The last three years, to be honest, have been

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geared up to making the Olympic team and I have not let myself

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think be up -- think pass that. I am really pleased that I am going

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to be there as a competitor now. But it really has not quite sunk in

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yet. I'm sure when I have a bit of time off and get back home and see

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some of the stuff that has been in the papers that London is only one

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year away. It is very scary, but really exciting at the same time.

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Defending your title was important, but what was more important, the

:29:52.:29:56.

title of qualifying for London? me it was always a qualifying for

:29:56.:30:00.

London. It was amazing that I won it and I was so pleased to regain

:30:00.:30:04.

my title, which is amazing. Especially with a year to go until

:30:04.:30:09.

the Olympics. But my whole game- plan all year has been geared

:30:09.:30:13.

around a long and boring qualification process which has

:30:13.:30:16.

ended in being top 10 at the World Championships, which I did.

:30:16.:30:20.

Anything better than that for me was always going to be a bonus.

:30:20.:30:24.

am so excited about having a home crowd for you guys. I never had

:30:24.:30:27.

that experience, but it must be a big part of what you are looking

:30:27.:30:31.

forward to. I can't wait. It is going to be amazing. Every time I

:30:31.:30:35.

have been to Beijing, Rome, or come here to Shanghai, there is always

:30:35.:30:39.

their home crowd and it is unbelievable. Every time there is

:30:39.:30:42.

someone Chinese swimming in Shanghai at the moment, the noise

:30:42.:30:48.

is unbelievable. The crowd just get behind them. Hopefully having that

:30:48.:30:51.

noise for us as British athletes will be amazing. And there is

:30:51.:30:55.

another important event that you are organising for 2012. Yes, I am

:30:55.:30:59.

getting married a month afterwards, which is plenty of time, I am sure.

:30:59.:31:02.

I have been doing a lot of organising for the wedding. It has

:31:02.:31:06.

been really fun, I must admit. I have loved every minute of it so

:31:06.:31:11.

far. I have just got invitations and table decorations left, but all

:31:11.:31:14.

the big decisions have been made. 2012 really could be your perfect

:31:14.:31:24.
:31:24.:31:28.

here. Whatever happens it will be a Lizzie Simmonds just squeezed into

:31:28.:31:35.

the final of the 200m. She was very sick this morning and it was touch

:31:35.:31:45.
:31:45.:31:49.

and go whether she would make the four. Lizzie Simmonds has done well

:31:49.:31:54.

to turn up here. She is not particularly well. She has an upset

:31:54.:32:04.

tummy. But Lizzie Simmonds did really well. It will be interested

:32:04.:32:12.

-- interesting to see Hocking it. She is on form this year. Lizzie

:32:12.:32:18.

Simmonds of Great Britain at the bottom of the picture. Decent start.

:32:18.:32:25.

Her tactic will be to see how much energy she has got. Frankly of the

:32:25.:32:29.

USA in the middle. As expected. I wonder whether she will try to get

:32:29.:32:35.

the world record here. She is one a hundredth of a second underneath of

:32:35.:32:45.
:32:45.:32:48.

the world record at the 100m at Split. The world record holder,

:32:48.:32:54.

Coventry, did not make the final here. No, she had a year off and

:32:54.:33:04.
:33:04.:33:04.

she is struggling to make the form. Lizzie Franklin on pace. She has

:33:04.:33:09.

dropped to 0.2 of a second below. Sometimes I wonder, the excitement

:33:09.:33:15.

of the final, the Jones of Maisie - - maybe breaking a world record, it

:33:15.:33:22.

gets to us. She had a lead over Hocking towards the end of the

:33:22.:33:29.

first length. Hocking swimming well in the last few leads. Hocking it

:33:29.:33:34.

does look very good and she is just stalking Franklin. Franklin over

:33:34.:33:41.

first. Hocking second. And Lizzie Simmonds dropping a bit now,

:33:41.:33:50.

backing sixth position. Just outside of our shot. Franklin of

:33:50.:33:59.

the USA looking good and now beginning to swim away from the

:33:59.:34:07.

Australian in lane five. Franklin gets the gold. Franklin, the new

:34:07.:34:12.

world champion, aged 16, in the women's 200m backstroke. That is

:34:12.:34:18.

amazing. I think that is a new American record. Very good swim

:34:18.:34:23.

indeed. And it was just three- tenths of a second outside the

:34:23.:34:31.

world record. Belinda Hocking it has broken the Commonwealth record.

:34:31.:34:36.

A fantastic swimmer from parking. I thought she was on form this year.

:34:36.:34:40.

Reversing the disappointment of last year's Commonwealth Games. She

:34:40.:34:45.

was still in bed towards the end, but Franklin, what a fantastic gold

:34:45.:34:51.

medal. A lot of talent and promise for next year, 2012. We will be

:34:51.:34:56.

seeing a lot of her, I think. I think she will be challenging for

:34:56.:35:06.
:35:06.:35:07.

three or four gold medals. She has destroyed her lifetime best. And

:35:07.:35:11.

free tenths of a second outside the world record. When I do not think

:35:11.:35:16.

she really knows yet how to swim it properly. How exciting if you are a

:35:16.:35:21.

coach and you have Franklin, someone like that, walking into

:35:21.:35:28.

your club. An absolute dream. I wonder if she has stopped growing

:35:28.:35:37.

yet. That is the thing. Here she is. She is very good. 200 backstroke

:35:37.:35:47.
:35:47.:35:50.

now. A new Commonwealth record for Belinda Hocking. And Lizzie

:35:50.:36:00.

I know you wanted to do really well at that but you were poorly this

:36:00.:36:05.

morning. Yes, I spent two hours in the bathroom. I was just about

:36:05.:36:12.

getting in there. I did about a 600m warm-up, just trying to

:36:12.:36:18.

conserve energy. It just did not happen on the night. I am a bit

:36:18.:36:22.

disappointed but there is nothing you can do about these things so I

:36:22.:36:26.

just have to put it in perspective and Lochte were excessive. Devera

:36:26.:36:36.

aid, and it is London. -- and look towards the next year. Definitely,

:36:36.:36:40.

and it is in London. We are not going to have any problems with

:36:40.:36:45.

food. It will be unfinished business. I will have to prove I am

:36:45.:36:50.

back amongst the best. You do have a little bit of time off. It was

:36:50.:36:57.

raised turf, and that is what you did. I gave it everything. We will

:36:57.:37:07.
:37:07.:37:08.

CLARE BALDING: Difficult therefore Lizzie Simmonds, but wrong to

:37:09.:37:15.

assume you cannot get food poisoning in London. You have to

:37:15.:37:21.

look after yourself. A lot of the teams have dietitians looking after

:37:21.:37:27.

what food you are eating. Sometimes it can happen. Can it happen worse

:37:27.:37:31.

because you are cup-tied and you're nervous? When you are getting ready

:37:31.:37:39.

to race, if you are the most successful you are going to be. --

:37:39.:37:43.

You are the most susceptible you are going to be. You are highly

:37:43.:37:48.

tuned... What did you say? I'd thought you said you sleep with

:37:48.:37:57.

horses! You see it with courses! So things can happen. You have to

:37:57.:38:00.

manage yourself and look after yourself and there are some

:38:00.:38:05.

supplements you can take, vitamins etc, so now is the time to get it

:38:05.:38:10.

right if she is going to. But you can see that the first 100 was good

:38:10.:38:15.

and the second was not so good. So it that proves she was a bit sick.

:38:15.:38:21.

On paper she was second fastest in the world last year. So you are

:38:21.:38:24.

always disappointed as an athlete because you want to perform at the

:38:24.:38:31.

right time. Even with the Olympics being in London, would you suggest

:38:31.:38:37.

to the swimmers that they drink bottled water only? Yes. Around the

:38:37.:38:41.

world you always tend to drink only bottled water. But you can never be

:38:41.:38:48.

too careful. In the athletes' village, we use the gel on the

:38:48.:38:53.

hands to kill bacteria. So you cover all... And do not clean your

:38:53.:38:59.

teeth with tap water, either, or have ice-cubes. When you go into a

:38:59.:39:01.

championship, you think you're going to put everything at risk if

:39:01.:39:06.

you get ill. So do not get ill. have not yet talked about one big

:39:06.:39:11.

name, Michael Phelps. He qualified fastest for the qualifier of the

:39:11.:39:16.

men's 100m butterfly. He has won more silver medals than gold medals

:39:16.:39:19.

this week and that is not a normal thing for him so he had just one

:39:19.:39:29.
:39:29.:39:43.

fastest for the 100m men's Championship final, Michael Phelps

:39:43.:39:47.

of the USA. He never has a particularly good start against the

:39:47.:39:53.

rest of the field but we have seen him start comfortably down the

:39:53.:40:03.
:40:03.:40:25.

strongly. -- Michael Phelps. This is not all going Michael Phelps'

:40:25.:40:32.

away at the moment. He did not hit the wall particularly well. He

:40:32.:40:40.

looked over. He now knows he has won the gold medal. 50.71 is fast!

:40:40.:40:50.

He was not sure when he touched the wall. Gold medal for Michael Phelps.

:40:50.:40:55.

Kisses for the girl friend, the sister, and forever is standing

:40:55.:41:02.

medal Michael Phelps had that one. I thought McGill might have pushed

:41:02.:41:12.
:41:12.:41:16.

further. Michael Phelps, well, that is a supreme achievement if you

:41:16.:41:22.

think about it. The butterfly has always been his signature strip. He

:41:22.:41:30.

burst onto the scene in Sydney in 2000 as a 15-year-old. You can get

:41:30.:41:37.

him on the other events. But there is no taking the butterfly of him,

:41:37.:41:47.
:41:47.:41:47.

even when he is a little bit under par. World champion in 2007. World

:41:47.:41:57.

champion in 2009 on the hundredm butterfly. And now in China, gold

:41:57.:42:05.

medal and gold medal again. Happy fan club. In the end he won it

:42:05.:42:15.
:42:15.:42:17.

comfortably. McGill with bronze and Interesting that even at probably

:42:17.:42:22.

80% of his capability, Michael Phelps is still good enough to see

:42:22.:42:30.

off the rest of the world. Yes, on the 200m freestyle, it is not his

:42:30.:42:35.

main event and he is susceptible but next year we will see a faster,

:42:35.:42:39.

fitter Michael Phelps. His mother has always been the disciplinarian.

:42:39.:42:44.

She will be the one... As much as his coach. She will say, you will

:42:44.:42:49.

get the other stuff. You will get on and swim. You are going to

:42:49.:42:54.

perform and you will not lose your title. What would have to say at

:42:54.:43:00.

this stage, bearing in mind you won eight gold medals in Beijing, and

:43:00.:43:06.

that is not going to happen again, how many medals can he win in

:43:06.:43:13.

London? He is not going to go for eight. He is not going to go for

:43:13.:43:19.

nine. That is the only way he can beat his eight in a way. He is

:43:19.:43:26.

going to do the relays. I hope he is going to do the 200m freestyle

:43:26.:43:31.

because I want to see him. I think he will go for seven races with the

:43:31.:43:36.

relays. Just to bring you up-to- date on Becky Adlington. We have

:43:36.:43:42.

contact again with Shanghai but Becky has gone off to do her urine

:43:42.:43:46.

test. So we hope that between now and the end of the programme we

:43:46.:43:55.

will be able to talk to her! It is the women's 400m medley relay.

:43:55.:44:01.

Ellen Gandy was on butterfly. Let's be realistic, the USA are very good

:44:01.:44:11.
:44:11.:44:15.

evening. Great Britain in lane two, and a good lane. The USA were the

:44:15.:44:22.

fastest qualifiers. Slow reaction from Davies up their in lane number

:44:22.:44:29.

two. A very good start indeed for these remote from the USA. The

:44:29.:44:35.

crowd are going nuts. They are getting into this meet. One day to

:44:35.:44:38.

go and they have had some great success. Not much to cheer about

:44:38.:44:42.

now but right now, head-to-head with the Americans and the Russians.

:44:42.:44:46.

And I do not think they would have it any other way. Georgia Davies

:44:46.:44:56.
:44:56.:45:01.

turning in six. Very good underwater. Anastasia Zueva Zueva

:45:01.:45:06.

of Russia also starting pretty well. And the American is starting to

:45:06.:45:16.
:45:16.:45:30.

Well done Georgia Davies. Yes, she is putting the team in good

:45:30.:45:35.

contention. A great a takeover there. Well, you could not split

:45:35.:45:45.
:45:45.:45:58.

the swimmers in the middle, could Holding her stroke well. When she

:45:58.:46:01.

rushes it too much, she get to ahead of herself. But this is

:46:02.:46:06.

wonderful. She should not be taking this much of Efimova, but she is.

:46:06.:46:12.

Well, she swam well in the individual. The Chinese one is the

:46:12.:46:17.

one I am surprised about. She is one lane up from the USA. This is a

:46:17.:46:27.
:46:27.:46:44.

very good swimmer for her. Starting the USA can be caught. China have

:46:44.:46:47.

got a very good sprint freestyle at the end. This will be a contender

:46:47.:46:57.
:46:57.:47:02.

for the medals. Gandy has got a lot of work to do. Getting quite a few

:47:02.:47:08.

waves, I imagine, stuck in between China and Canada. The Canadians are

:47:08.:47:18.
:47:18.:47:18.

in the at -- outside lane. Look at this. Mr Franklin coming in on the

:47:18.:47:22.

back leg. Wouldn't it be a great evening for her if she could take

:47:22.:47:28.

this to a world record? The Chinese are half a second ahead. They are

:47:28.:47:32.

ahead of the Australians. The Australians are now coming into the

:47:32.:47:38.

bronze medal position. Dingjan doing the freestyle. Not much known

:47:38.:47:48.
:47:48.:47:54.

Franklin has had a fantastic evening already. -- Melissa

:47:54.:48:04.
:48:04.:48:04.

Franklin. She is trying to take the USA team to a world record. The

:48:04.:48:08.

world record is held by the People's Republic of China. Look at

:48:08.:48:13.

that! Just outside the world record, but

:48:14.:48:21.

only just. Second gold of the night for Franklin. Britain finished 6th

:48:22.:48:27.

after Germany and Canada were after Germany and Canada were

:48:27.:48:35.

disqualified. Jorja, I am sure you are pleased.

:48:35.:48:39.

Yes, I am definitely pleased with my time. I did not expect to be in

:48:39.:48:44.

this final, so it was a bonus really. To be under a minute for

:48:44.:48:49.

the second time I am pleased, it shows that I am a bit more

:48:49.:48:53.

consistent. It makes you a world finalist, too. Yes, I am really

:48:53.:48:58.

excited about that. One lady that already have that experience, Allen,

:48:58.:49:06.

how was it? It was pretty hard. A lot of fun doing the relays. Week

:49:06.:49:10.

all did our best so become be disappointed. You can't be

:49:10.:49:14.

disappointed with that. You have got your 50 to come. You must be

:49:14.:49:19.

excited about that one tomorrow. am, I am really excited. It is just

:49:19.:49:22.

who get to the wall first. I have got a good lane next to Therese,

:49:22.:49:27.

one of the best stars in the world. If I can latch on to her and bring

:49:27.:49:31.

it home, it would be a good race. She can still make mistakes, like

:49:31.:49:37.

sheet tonight. I know, bless her. It is anyone's game, I suppose.

:49:37.:49:41.

And she has got the final of the 50m freestyle tonight. I am

:49:41.:49:45.

delighted to say that Rebecca Adlington is back in position and

:49:45.:49:50.

we have contact with Shanghai. Let's try once again. Becky, your

:49:50.:49:55.

reaction to becoming world champion in the 800 metres? I can't actually

:49:55.:50:01.

believe it. I am so happy. It is the one thing that I hadn't

:50:01.:50:06.

achieved. To come away with a gold and a silver, I could not ask for a

:50:06.:50:10.

better result. It was a fabulous race to watch because Lotte Friis

:50:10.:50:15.

was put in you so hard throughout. How was it to deal with physically

:50:15.:50:20.

and mentally? Physically it was tough. I knew that going into the

:50:20.:50:25.

race it was going to be a challenge. Battling in the heat so, I normally

:50:25.:50:28.

have to battle with Lotte Friis. I knew she was going to be there, and

:50:28.:50:33.

I saw her keeping on edging away. I tried to stick with as much as I

:50:33.:50:38.

could and just go for it on the last 15. Mark Foster is with me in

:50:38.:50:44.

the studio. Well done again! Thank you. Are you starting to believe in

:50:44.:50:50.

yourself now? Hopefully, yes. It is one of those things, do you always

:50:50.:50:57.

have that issue, little doubts creeping in. I am trying my best,

:50:57.:51:01.

and I'd definitely went into that swim feeling a lot more confident

:51:01.:51:06.

after the 800 metres heat. After the 400 but was not feeling very

:51:06.:51:10.

confident. It was totally different going into this race, and I was so

:51:10.:51:14.

pleased to come away with a gold medal. And the time as well. I was

:51:14.:51:19.

very happy with that. It was unbelievably fast. Are you going to

:51:19.:51:23.

come home now? Do you want me to help you with your starts and

:51:23.:51:30.

turns? I need the work, don't I? I have worked a lot more on my terms,

:51:30.:51:33.

but it doesn't come as naturally to me as the other guys. You were

:51:33.:51:37.

always amazing at that and it is definitely at something I have got

:51:38.:51:41.

to improve on over the next 12 months. I'm glad there is something

:51:41.:51:47.

I have got to improve on. I know what I have got to do. In terms of

:51:47.:51:52.

your plans for the London Olympics, would you be looking to may be

:51:52.:51:56.

dropped the 200 from the programme? Yes, probably. I think it is

:51:56.:52:02.

something that I just don't have enough speed on. On a 200 and just

:52:02.:52:07.

can't get going. It is a bit too quick for me. I would still love to

:52:07.:52:12.

do the 4x200, but I think the 400 and 800 is my main focus. You love

:52:12.:52:17.

that relay situation, don't you? And you are so much part of the

:52:17.:52:20.

team. All of the team best supporting you, I guess you are

:52:20.:52:26.

doing it for them as much as for yourself? Yes, 100%. I have such a

:52:26.:52:30.

good support network. The team have been absolutely fantastic. They

:52:30.:52:37.

have held me this week and cat meet up. That is what the team is all

:52:37.:52:41.

about. And my coach and my family and friends. I would not be able to

:52:41.:52:47.

do it without them. You are very good on Twitter, too, and you were

:52:47.:52:50.

trending earlier today, did you know that? Yes, someone just told

:52:50.:52:59.

me. I saw I got over $25,000. great! And lovely for everyone to

:52:59.:53:02.

share this moment. For you, personally, this is a massive

:53:02.:53:07.

achievement. It completes the set of championship titles, doesn't it?

:53:07.:53:12.

I know, I can't believe it. That is all Bill kept saying to me

:53:12.:53:16.

afterwards, no one can take that away, no matter what happens next

:53:16.:53:20.

year. I am so happy I do have that set. It is something I can always

:53:21.:53:25.

look back on and it will be amazing to hopefully tell my kids one day.

:53:25.:53:30.

Don't plan that far ahead just yet! Marchand I went to the aquatics

:53:30.:53:34.

centre, and you will get a chance to get in there as soon as you come

:53:34.:53:37.

home. You will be able to train their whenever you want. How much

:53:37.:53:39.

can you see yourself using it and getting familiar with those

:53:39.:53:44.

surroundings? Obviously our Olympic trials next year are in that Paul,

:53:44.:53:49.

so we have got a British slimming camp in October that we get to go

:53:49.:53:53.

down there and obviously it is a bit far for me to travel to on a

:53:53.:53:58.

daily basis, being in Nottingham, but hopefully a couple of cans down

:53:58.:54:04.

there to get used to it. It looks amazing. I saw on television mark's

:54:04.:54:09.

race. I think he should make a comeback for next year! He said no

:54:09.:54:13.

to that. He was very tempted. So you will come home when, and what

:54:13.:54:18.

is the immediate plan, a bit of a rest? We fly home as a team on

:54:18.:54:22.

Monday. We get home late Monday night, and then Tuesday morning I

:54:22.:54:25.

have got to come to London. Hopefully I will get an hour with

:54:25.:54:32.

my family. Three days of media and then holiday! I can't wait. A good

:54:32.:54:37.

holiday planned? Definitely. I am going away with my boyfriend to

:54:37.:54:41.

Greece. I can't wait to lie on a beach and not move. Becky, you are

:54:41.:54:45.

a superstar, not just for what you have done in the swimming-pool, but

:54:45.:54:48.

putting up with everything and coming back to talk to us. Thank

:54:48.:54:57.

you. Thank you. And very well done. You can send her at your

:54:57.:55:00.

congratulations on Twitter. If you have been inspired by any of these

:55:00.:55:04.

swimmers, this is how you can get involved.

:55:04.:55:14.
:55:14.:55:19.

Come on! I'm in. The big splash. Everyone is doing it. To find out

:55:20.:55:28.

more, visit the BBC website. Mark, of the you did it full time

:55:28.:55:32.

and you were very, very fast, there is so much for people to gain, not

:55:32.:55:37.

only in terms of enjoyment but also in terms of exercise. Yes, it is a

:55:37.:55:43.

gateway to other things. People like surfing, windsurfing, canoeing,

:55:43.:55:47.

water-skiing, any other sport and you need the basis of storming

:55:47.:55:51.

first and foremost. It is not just the health benefits, but also the

:55:51.:55:56.

social benefits. You can interact with other people. It is giving

:55:56.:56:00.

people opportunities that people know they can go to a Paul. The

:56:00.:56:05.

sight and sound and feel of the water is very relaxing. Lovely to

:56:05.:56:08.

talk to Rebecca Adlington. Where do you rank her now in terms of

:56:08.:56:12.

British Women, in terms of world swimming? No. 1. She dominates her

:56:12.:56:19.

event. But historically for British swimming. I would say the best she

:56:19.:56:22.

has ever been. We have never had someone who has won two golds in

:56:22.:56:27.

one Olympics. She has got this next Olympics coming up. She is 22, 23

:56:27.:56:32.

years of age. She could probably do a couple more Olympics. She has got

:56:32.:56:38.

a lot more in her and a lot more things she can improve on. As far

:56:38.:56:42.

as swimming technically, Lotte Friis is likely to be to cater.

:56:42.:56:46.

Every time she puts one arm in, she kicks won two every stroke. Look at

:56:46.:56:51.

Becky and she has got more of a six-speed leg kick. More of a

:56:51.:56:55.

swimmer cake, in a sense. She catches more water. She is a lot

:56:55.:57:00.

more fluent than the other swimmers. She gets it right at the right time.

:57:00.:57:04.

She is now back in form. In that form she is unbeatable come next

:57:05.:57:11.

year. And number one in the world. I really respect her she has

:57:11.:57:16.

responded to a couple of that championship. My word, has she come

:57:16.:57:20.

back strong? That is a gold and silver this week. Yes, at the

:57:20.:57:25.

beginning of the week you saw the press here, all about the 400. But

:57:25.:57:32.

that is not her main event. She did not expect that 400 at the Olympic

:57:32.:57:37.

Games. Now she has got to events. She can going for the 400, not her

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main event, she can go in and have a bit of fun with it. But she

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always looks at the other people as the main players. Especially in the

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800, she dominates that event and everyone is looking at Becky

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Adlington. She can look other people and put pressure on them.

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She needs to work on has been a little bit more. And her

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performance continues to inspire everyone who watches. If you want

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to see the final day of competition from the World Swimming

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Championships in Shanghai it live on the red button at 11am, and on

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BBC Two at 5pm tomorrow. That features Hannah Miley, Liam Tancock,

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Fran Halsall, Ryan Lochte. Now, the British athletes are in action on

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BBC Two at 6pm today. And the men's 100. At 4pm on the red button B

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have coverage of the European modern pentathlon championships.

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