But after news of his entry in the 500, 1, 000 and 1, 650-yard freestyle events, swimming's governing body FINA stepped in to object to his participation.

CNN: Lance Armstrong's return to competition sunk

But Adlington produced a second peerless swim in as many days to win the 400m freestyle , with Jazz Carlin swimming to bronze behind her for Wales.

BBC: Commonwealth Games: Three golds for English swimmers

Both Simmonds and Frederiksen broke world records in the S6 and S8 400m freestyle respectively at last month's British Swimming Championships in Sheffield.

BBC: Simmonds heads GB swimming team

As Annaleise Carr approached the Toronto shore, her red swimming cap bobbing up and down as she swam freestyle, a crowd of supporters cheered and clapped.

CNN: 14-year-old swims solo across Lake Ontario

In an era of specialization, where coaches and their swimmers will often decide to focus on a single stroke from an early age, she'll go against the grain by swimming in seven events in London, including backstroke and freestyle two strokes that have little in common.

WSJ: Social Media

The Welsh teenager burst onto the international swimming scene last December by winning silver in the 1, 500m freestyle at the European Short Course Championships in Germany.

BBC: Goodhew hails Davies

Murphy won bronze in the 800m freestyle on Friday to become only the second Irish swimmer to take a European Short Course Swimming Championships medal.

BBC: Nocher misses out on European 200m backstroke final

Patten, 21, is no stranger to long distance swimming, having come third in the 10km open water swim and making the final of the 800m freestyle in Beijing.

BBC: Patten aiming to swim the Channel

Phelps' bid to match Mark Spitz's historic 1972 haul of seven swimming gold medals has been thwarted by third place finishes in the 4x100m free relay and the 200m freestyle.

CNN: Phelps strikes gold, misses record