Rebecca Adlington

...triumph, Don Thompson in the 50km walk. Lonsbrough won with more than half a second to spare but enjoyed none of the spoils that accompanied Rebecca Adlington's double triumph in Beijing. "Winning gold probably cost me," she said. "In...

In this article: Anita Lonsbrough, London, Cassius Clay, Don Thompson, Jimmy Choo, Muhammad Ali, Huddersfield, Rome, and Beijing

...saw only one other British triumph, Don Thompson in the 50km walk. Lonsbrough enjoyed none of the spoils that accompanied Rebecca Adlington's double triumph in Beijing. "Winning gold probably cost me," she said. "In those days you were...

In this article: Sebastian Coe, London, Chris Hoy, Anita Lonsbrough, and Sally Gunnell

...Office said all six were from the London area. The parents of double Olympic swimming champion Rebecca Adlington, Steve and Kay Adlington, are believed to be among the alleged victims. They lost GBP1,100 attempting to buy tickets for...

In this article: London, Defendant, Allegation, Serious Fraud Office, and Beijing Olympics

...in August 2008, soon after Adlington won two gold medals in Beijing. "The thing that nobody really said about Rebecca Adlington is that she looks pretty weird. She looks like someone who's looking at themselves in the back of a spoon,"...

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...for the short- course meet. Full line-ups for both teams will be announced next week. Rebecca Adlington, a double Olympic champion from Beijing, said: "To be able to watch the cream from Britain, Italy and Germany race the best of the...

In this article: Michael Phelps, Britain, Italy, Germany, United States, and Manchester Aquatics Centre

...(right) are both tipped for medals in Rome Britain's double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington has played down her gold medal hopes ahead of the World Swimming Championships in Rome. The 20-year-old, who won gold in the 400m and 800m...

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...Olympic Park yesterday. Brown, interviewed on Sky News, reeled off his list of Olympic gold medal winners in Beijing - Chris Hoy, Rebecca Adlington, Rebecca Romero - when he got stuck on cyclist Victoria Pendleton, who has added a World...

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He compared the swimmer to "someone who's looking at themselves in the back of a spoon" and compared her appearance unfavourably with that of her boyfriend, adding: "From that I have deduced that Rebecca Adlington is very dirty."

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'Once you see someone on your team do it, you know it's possible,' Karen Pickering says. 'Rebecca's success in Beijing will have had an impact on the swimmers, because to them she's just Becky, they'll have known her before, they'll see she...

In this article: Keri-Anne Payne, Rome, Silver, and Britain