London 2012 - Adlington backs Carlin to qualify - Yahoo! Eurosport
Four years ago Jazmin Carlin was cheering Rebecca Adlington on to success - now it is the double Olympic champion who will be doing the supporting as her friend bids to resurrect her London 2012 hopes.
Carlin provided one of the shocks of the British Gas Championships back in March, first failing to book an Olympic place in the 400m freestyle and then neither an individual nor relay spot in the shorter 200m.
The 21-year-old was to eventually pull out altogether before the final of the 800m freestyle, still not fully recovered from a bout of glandular fever, with all but one individual place for this summer's Olympics being taken.
Carlin's London 2012 hopes now rest on the 200m freestyle, an event in which she holds a Commonwealth silver medal, and the second Olympic trials in June, where one individual and two relay places are on offer.
And Adlington, who set herself up with a shot at retaining her 400m and 800m Olympic titles with double gold in March, insists Carlin isn't nicknamed Pit Bull for nothing believing she will make the team.
"Jazz can definitely still make it to the Olympics," said Adlington - who won 4x200m freestyle relay bronze alongside Carlin at the 2009 World Championships in Rome.
"I have no doubt that she has the ability to come back in June and I have no doubt that she will come back fighting - I can't wait to watch that race.
"I am going to be cheering for her and I do want her to do well. I just have no doubt that she can do it, I have so much belief in her and I think everybody does.
"I think that was the thing when she was obviously upset at the Olympic trials back in March that everyone was saying to her, we were all saying ‘we know you can do this'.
"She just needs to believe in herself and I have no doubt that if she does exactly that then she will be on that team for the Olympics with me."
Carlin contracted glandular fever prior to the World Championships last year and when in Shanghai she was far from at her best, failing to reach the final of the 400m and 800m she had so comfortably qualified for.
And Adlington, who won world 800m gold and 400m silver in China 12 months ago, admitted Carlin's situation really hit her when on the national squad camp with the 37 other qualified swimmers last month.
"Jazz was the one person I was kind of shocked to see not make it in March just because I know how much of a tough athlete she is and how strong she is," she added.
"Jazz and Tom Haffield are two people that I really noticed weren't on the British camp we had recently because they have been there for so long. I really noticed their presence not being there.
London NHS trust fined £90,000 for data breach - BBC News
An NHS trust has been fined £90,000 after 59 patients' details were sent to the wrong person.
Personal data, including diagnoses, was faxed to a member of the public 45 times for three months from last March.
The Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust did not have sufficient checks in place, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said.
The trust said the breach was regrettable, but it intended to appeal against the the fine.
'Acted incorrectly'Stephen Eckersley, the ICO's head of enforcement, said: "Patients rely on the NHS to keep their details safe.
"In this case Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust failed to keep their patients' sensitive information secure.
"The fact that this information was sent to the wrong recipient for three months without anyone noticing makes this case all the more worrying."
A spokesman for the trust said: "We deeply regret that the Information Commissioner has decided to impose a fine and so we have instructed our lawyers to commence an appeal against this.
"We consider that the commissioner has acted incorrectly as a matter of law and so we have no alternative but to bring an appeal."
But she added that protecting patient confidentiality was a top priority and the incident, which was a result of human error, was "hugely regrettable".
The trust had apologised to those affected and changes have been made to procedures following an internal investigation.
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