Day 7 Swimming: World Championships

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

freestyle final and Rebecca Addington does In the fastest. But

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

hat and blue had respectively. Touching almost exactly the same

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

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

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

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

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

Talking to Michael Scott, the performance director, before we

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

therefore Friis. Although Friis does Jennie Tonge, I think

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

freestyle at the World Championships and Becky Adlington

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Great Britain. It was like two heavyweight boxers slugging each

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

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

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

the World Championships the year before the Olympics in London.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 51 seconds

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

around a long and boring qualification process which has

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

someone Chinese swimming in Shanghai at the moment, the noise

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLARE BALDING: Difficult therefore Lizzie Simmonds, but wrong to

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

manage yourself and look after yourself and there are some

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

comfortably. McGill with bronze and Interesting that even at probably

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

turning in six. Very good underwater. Anastasia Zueva Zueva

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Franklin has had a fantastic evening already. -- Melissa

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

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

that! Just outside the world record, but

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

after Germany and Canada were after Germany and Canada were

disqualified. Jorja, I am sure you are pleased.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

delighted to say that Rebecca Adlington is back in position and

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

can you see yourself using it and getting familiar with those

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

swimmers, this is how you can get involved.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

performance continues to inspire everyone who watches. If you want

to see the final day of competition from the World Swimming

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

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

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

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

have coverage of the European modern pentathlon championships.