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Another medal for Miley

Hannah Miley claimed her second medal of the World Short-Course Championships when she was third in the 200 metres individual medley in Istanbul...

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Miley moves into 100m IM semis

Hannah Miley returned to the pool on Thursday morning after her gold medal-winning performance to move into the semi-finals of the 100 metres in...

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Olympic Park gets 'Henman Hill'

An Olympics equivalent to "Henman Hill" will be set up to allow 10,000 people who have missed out on tickets to watch the Games, organisers have...

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Swimmers Officially Selected to Team GB for London 2012

The British Olympic Association (BOA) confirmed today that 38 swimmers have been officially selected to Team GB for the London 2012 Olympic Game...

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Fran Halsall speeds through heats

Former world silver medallist Fran Halsall let her intentions be known as she equalled the second fastest time in the world in the heats of the ...

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Medal Record

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Biography

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Fran Halsall will officially be Britain’s busiest swimmer in London having taken gold in both the 50m and 100m freestyle and silver in the 100m butterfly at the Olympic trials in March.As well as swimming those three events, Halsall will also form part of Britain’s 4x100m freestyle team and will be expected to form part of the 4x100m medley relay quartet.In total Halsall will therefore compete in five events in London however on her Olympic debut in Beijing in 2008 she actually swam six – the 4x200m freestyle missing from her repertoire this time.
 
Halsall used to live with fellow swimmer Lizzie Simmonds but now lives with boyfriend and GB hockey player Alastair Wilson after they met at the Beijing Games.After winning world 100m freestyle silver in Rome in 2009, Halsall treated herself to a new dog, a Lhasa Apso, and is one of the most charismatic members of Britain’s Olympic team.Halsall overcame surgery to fix an ongoing ankle problem in 2011 and was scouted by her now coach, Ben Titley, as a 12-year-old while swimming for City of Liverpool.