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JAZZ CARLIN admits she will be up against it at the British Gas Duel in the Pool this weekend - " but has vowed to use her Manchester experience as a dress rehearsal for bigger challenges in 2010.

Michael Phelps, the American swimmer, in training for the weekend's Duel in the Pool in Manchester.

Michael Phelps continues his back-to-the-future transition to old-style swimsuits when he leads an American team against the best swimmers from Britain, Italy and Germany in the so called "Duel in the Pool." Phelps is the star attraction in Manchester for the short-course contest on Friday and Saturday, but is returning to Europe after a lackluster ...

Rebecca Adlington admits she will be stepping into the unknown tomorrow when she races for the first time in her new textile 'knee suit' following the decision by the sport's rulers to ban the high-tech bodysuits that turned this summer's World Championships into a record-shredding circus.

WORLD 50m backstroke champion Liam Tancock insists locking horns with the United States at the British Gas Duel in the Pool will provide the perfect dress rehearsal for London 2012.

Double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington has expressed relief that she should be able to defend her 800metres freestyle title in London.

Milton Keynes swimming instructor Doreen Adcock has won the Sports Unsung Hero award at the 2009 BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

REBECCA Adlington will be able to defend her 800metres freestyle title in 2012 after the International Olympic Committee finalised the London programme.

Relief: Britain's Rebecca Adlington will be able to defend the women's Olympic 800m freestyle title in London Adlington, who shattered the world record to take the title in Beijing, had been concerned at reports that the race would be axed and replaced with the 1,500m freestyle to bring it into line with the men's programme.

By DAVID JORDAN SCOTLAND'S Hannah Miley lived up to her billing as Britain's star turn at this week's European Short Course swimming championships with 200 metre individual medley bronze.

The Christmas lights have been up in Hackney for well over a month now, the first festive cards have arrived from our neighbourhood takeaways and I've run out of room on the last page of my 2009 diary.

Double Olympic gold medalist Rebecca Adlington has become one of the youngest-ever recipients of an honorary degree from University of Nottingham.

KIDDERMINSTER swimmer Amy Smith has vowed to take advantage of absent friends when she takes part in the European Championships in Istanbul this week.

Double gold medallist Rebecca Adlington gives Helen Pidd advice on how to improve her crawl a ' and, importantly, how to get into a hi-tech swimsuit Rebecca Adlington gives Helen Pidd some advice on her front crawl.

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SWIMMING University of Bath swimmer Chris Walker-Hebborn has been named in the E-Stars team that will tackle the might of the USA at the British Gas Duel in the Pool meet in Manchester.

In the last Independent Christmas auction, one reader won the chance to race Olympic heroine Rebecca Adlington.

Not on the track, obviously, where the British, Commonwealth and world champion sprint cyclist eased to victory with a cold-eyed assurance that was almost frightening to observe.

MANCHESTER, England, November 25. THE combined forces of Great Britain, Italy and Germany will come together under the team name of E-Stars to go head-to-head with the might of the U.S. at the British Gas Duel in the Pool in Manchester next month.

OLYMPIC swimmers made a big splash when they visited Bury Grammar School Girls yesterday.