Olympic gold medallist Rebecca Adlington OBE has revealed she sadly suffered a miscarriage earlier this week. Ms Adlington, from Mansfield, in Nottinghamshire, was 12 weeks pregnant with her third child.
The retired swimmer was set to return to her home town on Saturday, August 27 to deliver free taster swimming sessions to young children from the area, but was taken to hospital with her partner, Andy, on Tuesday, August 23. There it was discovered she had had a miscarriage and needed emergency surgery.
The four-time Olympic medallist has said that she is "slowly on the mend", Nottinghamshire Live reports. The 33-year-old announced the sad news on Instagram with a photo of her having a cup of tea.
