Rebecca Adlington discusses Olympic fall-out with British Swimming chief David Sparkes Adlington won two gold medals in Beijing in 2008 and two bronze in London. The 23-year-old was one of only two British medallists in the swimming pool, the other being Michael Jamieson, in the summer as the team fell short of their base target of five. Adlington on Monday hit out at the failure to replace Dennis Pursley as head coach, despite the American having returned to the United States - as had always been planned - immediately after the Games. National performance director Michael Scott resigned less than a fortnight ago, leaving two key roles vacant. British Swimming announced on Tuesday that Mark Perry, head of development and open water, would be interim technical leader. Jamieson is one of 19 swimmers who will compete in the World Short-Course (25metres) Championships which start in Istanbul, Turkey, next Wednesday.