Swimming: Rebecca Adlington will start a mentoring role with British Swimming in January, head coach Bill Furniss has revealed.
Just one medal, courtesy of Fran Halsall, at the World Championships in Barcelona underlined Furniss's belief that the swimmers need to compete more often unrested against quality opposition.
Furniss guided Adlington to four Olympic medals and has spoken previously about harnessing her "mental toughness", and he has now confirmed she will start working with junior swimmers in an advisory capacity.
"Rebecca will be working as a mentor. She has already done a session with the coaches," he said.
"It will be with a selected group of juniors.
"She has experience and importantly she gets it. We want to use that expertise."
