Medley world champion clocks 8:19.70 in 800m freestyle at Ohio grand prix

Head coach sees glimmer of hope for medals but no sign of gold at a home Games

Distance ace seals place in Beijing in emotional 800m final; Lizzie Simmonds and Gemma Spofforth take their place in the 200m backstroke in China

One of Britain's brightest talents is out of the Games as 4x100m relay fails to qualify by 0.09sec

Elizabeth Simmonds, 17, gave the British and Commonwealth records a scare in the heats of the 200m backstroke at Olympic trials in Sheffield

Thomas Haffield's win in the 400m medley at British trials made him 44th swimmer coached by Dave Haller (now in Cardiff) to make Olympic teams since 1968, the count including the likes of David Wilkie

Now there are 10: women under the minute in the 100m backstroke

Nick D'Arcy, the Australian butterfly swimmer charged after an alleged fight outside a nightclub, has been told not to attend the Dolphin's Olympic orientation camp as he awaits a court appearance

Julia Wilkinson wins her 3rd gold, while Brent Hayden wins 100 free

Rebecca Adlington sets Commonwealth record of 8:19.22 in the 800m freestyle at British trials, just 0.42sec shy of Laure Manaudou's European record

British 18-year-old axes second off best to rise from 31 to 10 on all-time list; Halsall takes standard down to 58.44 before Lowe; Cooper and Rock lower Brit record in men's 100 'fly heats

At South African trials in Durban, William Diering clocked 2 min 11.88 in the 200m breaststroke to race inside Terence Parkin’s African record of 2:12.50 from 2000

Thomas Haffield has set a Commonwealth record of 4:12.59 in the 400m medley at British Olympic trials

Gregor Tait and James Goddard raced inside 1:57 in a grand duel in the 200m backstroke at British Olympic trials in Sheffield

Julia Wilkison lowers her own Canadian record in the 100 back, while the men tie for first and must swim off for the relay spot

'This result is not fast enough to grab a medal at the Olympics. I look forward to rewriting the record again and again in the following four months' - Zhang on his 4:44.97 at China trials in Shaoxing

The sins of the father - Cecil Russell - of Colin Russell, Canadian Olympic swimmer, will undoubtedly follow the national 4x200m freestyle quartet all the way to the blocks and beyond in Beijing

The British backstroker has shattered the world record of 24.80 held by Thomas Rupprath; Gregor Tait sets Commonwealth record of 1:56.84 in 200m backstroke