Olympic and Commonwealth Gold medalist Rebecca Adlington discusses how being taken to the 2002 Games in Manchester spurred her on to swim
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I'd never been to a big event like that. My dad would take me to football matches and things, but not swimming, which was the sport that I loved. I remember being sat there and watching Ian Thorpe, the Australian swimmer, who was just unbelievable. He was kind of like the big star, if you like, in the sport, and I remember just seeing him race and just being blown away.
What makes any live sport brilliant is you don't appreciate the speed on telly. I think on telly it looks like they're going at an okay pace and you're like, fine. When you see something live, we were like:"Oh my gosh, they are so quick." The atmosphere in Manchester for that Commonwealth Games was unbelievable. They had packed out the stands. It was a full stadium. I wasn't used to that. I'd been to a few galas that was just full of mums and dads and they're just cheering for their child. Never that sort of crowd before, and that sort of atmosphere, and just the noise, at a swimming event. And I was like, this is just so special.
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