Fran Halsall is one of Britain's main gold medal hopes in the pool for the London Olympics and one of Sportsmail's team of columnists, joining Daley Thompson, Dai Greene and Oscar Pistorius to ...

Triple Olympian. World champion. Ten-time European champion. Commonwealth champion. British record holder. In her own words, 70% professional athlete, 20% krispy kreme addict, 10% rockstar. And ...

Francesca Halsall's infectious enthusiasm is as glaringly obvious as her talent. One of the world's best swimmers is a bundle of "excitable" energy as she eagerly awaits this week's British ...

Fran Halsall dreams of dazzling London twice. She wants to become the most successful British swimmer in Olympic history and then fulfil an ambition she hatched while sitting in front of her ...

Halsall beat Australia's Bronte Campbell (24.43) to win her semi-final Britain's Fran Halsall said "the whole Olympics had to be stopped for me" after her bus went to the wrong venue. The 26-year ...

The ebullient Fran Halsall, as lively as baking soda thrown into a vat of vinegar, is chattering at her usual clip about retirement, the coffee business, and her nagging compulsion to dial into ...

Three-time Olympian Fran Halsall has announced her retirement from swimming. The 26-year-old finished fourth in the women's 50 metres freestyle at the Rio Games as an Olympic medal proved elusive ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) British swimmer Fran Halsall landed a trip to the Olympic Stadium. Unfortunately, she was competing at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. The transportation mix-up left officials ...

Fran Halsall needs to save 0.3sec to beat the best 100m freestyle sprinters. Duncan White is shown the plan. Top performer: Fran Halsall on her way to 100m freestyle silver at the 2009 World ...

The 21-year-old swimmer will make history if she claims a quintet of medals at the London Olympics. Robin Scott-Elliot joins her in the deep end ...

12 for 2012: No 10 Francesca Halsall, swimmer Our monthly series presenting potential medal-winners at the London Games in six years' time turns to a jewel of the pool - and hears how her mentor ...