Swimming: Team GB announced

Double Olympic gold medallist Rebecca Adlington heads Great Britain's swimming team at next month's World Championships.

Double Olympic champion heads 40-strong team heading for Rome

Great Britain's swimming team for the World Championships has been announced with a blend of youth and experience selected to fly the flag in Rome next month. The 40-strong team is headed by double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington and also includes the likes of Jo Jackson - whose 400metres freestyle world record was reclaimed by Federica Pellegrini on Saturday - and fellow Olympic medallists David Davies and Keri-Anne Payne. Three-time world championship medallist and former world record holder Liam Tancock is also set for Italy. British Swimming head coach Dennis Pursley commented: "This team has a really good mixture of veterans and young, up-and-coming swimmers and that was our goal. "Our aim within the first year of the Olympic cycle plan was to try to get inexperienced swimmers competing in the premier events on the calendar such as the World Championships in Rome and this will be a good development opportunity. "I'm looking forward to seeing some strong leadership from the veterans to begin the process of moulding together a tightly bonded team." The British Gas Swimming Team set to compete in Rome comprises: Rebecca Adlington - Nova Centurion
Jazmin Carlin - Swansea ITC
Jess Dickons - Stockton
Ellen Gandy - Tritans, Melbourne
Fran Halsall - City of Liverpool/Loughborough ITC
Kate Haywood - Loughborough University/Loughborough ITC
Jo Jackson - Derwentside/Loughborough ITC
Jemma Lowe - Stockton
Caitlin McClatchey - Loughborough University/Loughborough ITC
Hannah Miley - Garioch
Keri-Anne Payne - Stockport Metro/Stockport ITC
Lizzie Simmonds - Loughborough University/Loughborough ITC
Amy Smith - Loughborough University
Gemma Spofforth - Portsmouth Northsea/Florida
Stacey Tadd - University of Bath/Bath ITC
Lowri Tynan - Wrexham
Katherine Wyld - Nova Centurion
Emma Wilkins - Plymouth Leander
Robert Bale - Loughborough University/Loughborough ITC
Adam Brown - Hatfield
Simon Burnett - Wycombe District
David Carry - Aberdeen Dolphins/Stockport ITC
Richard Charlesworth - Hatfield
Ross Davenport - Loughborough University/Loughborough ITC
David Davies - City of Cardiff /Loughborough ITC
James Gibson - Marseille
Kris Gilchrist - University of Edinburgh
James Goddard - Stockport Metro/Stockport ITC
Tom Haffield - City of Cardiff
Ian Hulme - City of Sunderland
Andy Hunter - Stirling Swimming/Stirling ITC
Marco Loughran - Guildford City
Michael Rock - Stockport Metro/Stockport ITC
Robbie Renwick - City of Glasgow
Joe Roebuck - Loughborough University
Lewis Smith - Warrender Baths Club/ Stirling ITC
Liam Tancock - Loughborough University/Loughborough ITC
Grant Turner - Loughborough University/Loughborough ITC
Chris Walker-Hebborn - Team Ipswich/Bath ITC
Richard Webb - University of Bath/Bath ITC