{"id":445732,"date":"2020-09-04T04:22:13","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T11:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=445732"},"modified":"2020-09-08T05:53:51","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T12:53:51","slug":"double-olympic-champion-becky-adlington-announces-she-is-expecting-her-second-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/double-olympic-champion-becky-adlington-announces-she-is-expecting-her-second-child\/","title":{"rendered":"Double Olympic Champion Becky Adlington Announces She Is Expecting Her Second Child"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Double Olympic champion <strong>Becky Adlington<\/strong> has announced she is expecting her second child in February 2021 and her first with partner <strong>Andy Parsons.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Adlington, who concluded her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/iwd-becky-adlington-on-four-olympic-medals-being-speechless-in-beijing-ultimate-athlete-ledecky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Olympic career<\/a> with four medals from four finals, is mother to five-year-old <strong>Summer<\/strong> with ex-husband <strong>Harry Needs<\/strong>. She was inducted into the <a href=\"https:\/\/ishof.org\/rebecca-adlington.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International Swimming Hall of Fame<\/a> in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old Briton posted the announcement on social media, saying:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Andy and I are excited to announce that we\u2019re expecting. Summer can\u2019t wait, she asks everyday to check my belly to see if it\u2019s growing. Going to be a long wait until the end of feb\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-9pa8cd\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/abs-0.twimg.com\/emoji\/v2\/svg\/1f923.svg\" alt=\"Rolling on the floor laughing\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-9pa8cd\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/abs-0.twimg.com\/emoji\/v2\/svg\/1f648.svg\" alt=\"See-no-evil monkey\" width=\"27\" height=\"27\" \/>\u00a0<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8221; <span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/pregnant?src=hashtag_click\" data-focusable=\"true\">#pregnant<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/14weeks?src=hashtag_click\" data-focusable=\"true\">#14weeks<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/pregnancyannouncement?src=hashtag_click\" data-focusable=\"true\">#pregnancyannouncement<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/nosocialdistancinghere?src=hashtag_click\" data-focusable=\"true\">#nosocialdistancinghere<\/a>&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Andy and I are excited to announce that we\u2019re expecting. Summer can\u2019t wait, she asks everyday to check my belly to see if it\u2019s growing. Going to be a long wait until the end of feb \ud83e\udd23\ud83d\ude48! <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/pregnant?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#pregnant<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/14weeks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#14weeks<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/pregnancyannouncement?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#pregnancyannouncement<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/nosocialdistancinghere?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#nosocialdistancinghere<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6pcgpJgb6y\">pic.twitter.com\/6pcgpJgb6y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Becky Adlington (@BeckAdlington) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BeckAdlington\/status\/1301576759364780038?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_427899\" style=\"width: 231px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-427899\" data-attachment-id=\"427899\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/adam-peaty-olympic-defence-is-on-as-a-dad-girlfriend-eirianedd-munro-is-pregnant\/adampeatyeirianeddmunroswim\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/adampeatyEirianeddMunroswim.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,796\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1587301172&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"adampeatyEirianeddMunroswim\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;June 30, 2020  &#8211; 20.4.20 Adam Peaty and girlfriend Eirianedd Munro, who will become parents in August &#8211; Photo Courtesy: Instagram&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Adam Peaty and girlfriend Eirianedd Munro, who will become parents in August &#8211; Photo Courtesy: Instagram&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/adampeatyEirianeddMunroswim-700x500.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/adampeatyEirianeddMunroswim.jpeg\" class=\" wp-image-427899\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/adampeatyEirianeddMunroswim-700x500.jpeg\" alt=\"adampeatyEirianeddMunroswim\" width=\"221\" height=\"158\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-427899\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adam Peaty and partner Eirianedd Munro: Photo Courtesy: Instagram<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Becky Adlington&#8217;s announcement comes as Olympic 100m breaststroke champion <strong>Adam Peaty<\/strong> and <strong>Eiri Munro<\/strong> await the imminent arrival of their son with Rio silver medallist <strong>Cameron van der Burgh<\/strong> and wife <strong>Nefeli Valakelis<\/strong> also also due to welcome their first born in September.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cody Miller<\/strong>, third in 2016 behind Peaty and Van der Burgh, is also due to become a father in November with wife <strong>Ali.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Becky Adlington&#8217;s induction video from 2018:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j54XvfbHq4k\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Advertising: Shop At Swim360<br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/ads.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/absolutebm.aspx?b=1546\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Double Olympic champion Becky Adlington has announced she is expecting her second child in February 2021 and her first with partner Andy Parsons. 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