Adlington bears burden of expectation

Rebecca Adlington has an army of followers on Twitter but, as the golden girl of British swimming recently revealed, not all of them are fans.

The double Olympic champion's response to being taunted by one online "troll" was typically forthright, repeating the offensive message for everyone to read and ridicule the sender.

"I can't help the way I look or who I am. People are not always going to like me, but that has nothing to do with my swimming," the 23-year-old said in going public with some of the abuse sent her way.