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In November’s Swimming Times
Swimming Times is the official monthly magazine of the Amateur Swimming Association and the Institute of Swimming.
FEATURES
Setting the pace – Rebecca Adlington
Nova’s 18-year-old freestyler is ranked sixth in the world and looking to Olympic success
Full of eastern promise – St Felix School
Southwold is an east coast seaside resort but its swimmers are now making a real splash
Sweetenham’s exit – The reaction
NPD Bill Sweetenham’s departure produced much media comment and opinion
Breaking down barriers – Suffolk Everyday Swim
The first country-wide scheme is reaching people other schemes don’t reach
Centre of excellence – Bollington Leisure Centre
It’s not perfect but it’s hard to find fault with the much-lauded Cheshire leisure centre
MAIN FEATURE
Setting the pace
Nova Centurion’s 18-year-old Rebecca Adlington got within less than a second of Sarah Hardcastle’s 1986 800m freestyle British record at the ASA National Championships this summer. Now she’s ranked 6th in the world and is being tipped for Olympic success.
Imagine what it must be like to be one of Britain’s brightest young swimming prospects, with everyone expecting you to be in London in July 2012 lining up to win a medal. As if the pressure of the Olympics isn’t enough, a home Olympics will be something else.
Since Britain won the bid to host the 2012 Olympics it seems that everyone is talking about the Games. There’s a huge expectation that the effect of being the host nation will mean we will win more medals than ever before. The British Olympic Association is hanging its hat on finishing 4th in the medals table, that’s likely to need 18 gold medals and a big improvement from 9th place in Athens 2004…
For the full report and photographs see pages 18-21 of Swimming Times.
PLUS...
Results and reports on:
· Diving
· Disability
· Masters
· Open Water
· Synchro
· Water Polo
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