Since Rebecca Adlington's double gold triumph at the Beijing Olympics Britain's women swimmers have been on the crest of a wave that they expect to carry them all the way to London 2012. Chris Harvey meets the medal hopefuls. ...full story at Daily Telegraph
from Daily Telegraph on Fri, Oct 30 2009
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