Flourishing: Rebecca Adlington
8 March 2012
Rebecca Adlington sailed into Friday's final of the 800metres freestyle at the British Olympic trials at the Aquatics Centre today.
The two-time Olympic champion won the final heat in 8min 26.62 sec, 13 seconds clear of her nearest rival, Keri-anne Payne.
Adam Brown topped the qualifiers from the heats of the men’s 50m freestyle ahead of Simon Burnett.
Tonight Hannah Miley bids for a third title this week in the 200m breastroke but Stacey Tadd leads the the qualifiers by nearly two seconds.
