Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Adlington nọchitere anya Great Britain na 2008 Summer Olympics, na-asọmpi na 400 mita freestyle na 800 mita freestyle. A na-atụkwa anya na ọ ga-egwu mmiri n'ọsọ 4×200-metre freestyle relay
mana ezuru ike na okpomọkụ ma ndị otu ahụ enweghị ike iru eru maka njedebe. Na okpomọkụ nke 400 mita freestyle, o mebiri ndekọ Commonwealth na oge 4:02.24. N'abalị iri na otu n'ọnwa Ọgọstụ n'afọ 2008, o nwetara ihe nrite ọla edo n'egwuregwu Olympic n'otu ihe ahụ, na oge 4:03.22, na-agafe Katie Hoff nke United States na mita iri abụọ ikpeazụ. Ọ bụ nwanyị mbụ meriri ọla edo igwu mmiri maka Great Britain kemgbe Anita Lonsbrough na 1960. Ọ bụ onye mbụ na-egwu mmiri Britain meriri ihe karịrị otu nrite ọla edo n'otu egwuregwu Olympic kemgbe Henry Taylor meriri atọ na 1908.