Going under

I think I speak for everyone when I say what a terrific effort the Great Britain team are making at this year Olympic games. For me the biggest impression has come from the pool as British athletes have dominated the starting grid for both semi-finals and finals. Becky Adlington, who will go into Saturday's 800m final as fastest qualifier will be looking to add to her first gold medal that she collected on Sunday.

Adlington could have been swimming for a third gold medal in the women's 4x200m relay, but her colleagues failed to qualify for the final. She was sensibly rested for the race so help her won personal chances. However lots of people believe that she should have raced and got the team through. I think that her omission from the team was a brilliant idea, and maybe even the team not qualify will help her. The winning time for the relay this morning was 3 seconds higher than the British record, whether they could have stepped up and won the race I'm not sure.

For me the team that was selected should have qualified whatever. They are talented enough to get through and the team need to have a long look at themselves afterwards. Fran Halsall who swam the final leg really let the team down, going into the final leg the team led the relay, when they finished they were down in sixth. A poor effort from the girl to be honest.

I think all the concentration should be taken off why Adlington didn't race and why the team picked, who were good enough didn't step up and get the team through. As Adrian Moorhouse said yesterday it was a 'shocking effort'. Never has a truer word been spoken