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Tales of the goldfish she had as a 14-year-old, Inge and Thorpey — named after Inge de Bruijn and Ian Thorpe — and how her mother inadvertently sent them to a watery grave.

So too was there a world-record time in the 4x100m mixed medley relay although it was never ratified because of an admin mix-up.

At 55 minutes she was almost there, and just as the time ticked around to the one hour mark, Fran hitched up the last centimetre only for the suit to rip down the front, exposing her to the onlooking Sardinian crowd.