View video which highlights how local teachers and young ambassadors are spreading the word about London 2012.

The Olympic silver medallist has been in the form of her life this season, smashing four personal bests and clocking a British record at the British Gas Championships in March before sealing her spot in the open water race in China with victory in the LEN Open Water Cup in Eilat, Israel this month.

“I know I can’t sit at home and rest and think I’ve done the hard work - it just doesn’t work like that”.

Les Debenham is keen to ensure the sport of open water swimming has sufficient officials to satisfy the tremendous enthusiasm and increase in events generated by London 2012 and British success in the Beijing Olympics 2008.

Tickets for the London 2012 Olympic Games are now on sale around the world. In the UK and within the EU, people can apply for tickets between 15 March and 26 April 2011. 6.6 million tickets will be on sale to the public from 15 March 2011.

Find out when the swimming events are happening in the London 2012 Olympics and how much tickets will cost.

Sportsvibe interviewed 10km Open water swimmer Keri-Anne Payne, silver medallist in Beijing. Keri-Anne captures the excitement of the nation with less than two-years until London 2012, and how she is looking forward to swimming in the Serpentine.

17 Apr 1984 – 23 Oct 2010

With immense sadness, FINA and the worldwide aquatic community are mourning the loss of open water swimmer Fran Crippen (USA), who passed away after falling unconscious during the last leg of the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup, held in Fujairah (UAE), on 23 October 2010.

In this episode of the Morning Swim Show, Steven Munatones, the open water correspondent for Swimming World Magazine, relives the action from the 10km race at the Pan Pacific championships and details the men and women from the United States who are poised to become Olympians racing for a medal in the 10K at London 2012.

Munatones also talks about the racing course in London and how it will provide a great viewing experience for fans.

London 2012 organisers have released further details of the 10km open water swimming event in the Serpentine at Hyde Park.

The race will consist of six laps of 1.67km rather than the more widely-used format of four laps of 2.5km.

Defending Olympic 10km open water bronze medallist Cassie Patten insisted the different format would have little bearing on the results on the day and admitted a visit to the site had left her tingling at the prospect of competing in London.

Olympic silver medallist David Davies has announced that he is to switch his Olympic preparation to Wales in his bid for glory in London.

The Barry-born athlete moved to Loughborough in 2007 and has now decided to return to the City of Cardiff, a club that took him from the ages of 7 to 22. Davies will now rejoin his childhood coach Dave Haller.

“I have found this year tough in terms of my performance both in competitions and in training and I knew that I needed to make a change,” Davies said.