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"London 2012 athlete Rebecca Adlington has admitted that she &amp;quot;melted&amp;quot; watching fellow Team GB star Louis Smith perform on Strictly Come Dancing.  The swimmer said that Smith, who won silver and bronze medals in gymnastics events at this summer&amp;#039;s Olympics, has been &amp;quot;absolutely incredible&amp;quot; in the ballroom.  Speaking to Digital Spy at the Collar &amp;amp; Coats Gala Ball for Battersea Dogs &amp;amp; Cats Home last week, Adlington jested: &amp;quot;I saw him the other week and I was like, &amp;#039;You should be good at dancing, you&amp;#039;re a gymnast, you should have rhythm&amp;#039;. &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s doing so well. When he did the Dirty Dancing routine the other week I just melted, because it&amp;#039;s my favourite film.&amp;quot;   Adlington also said that she understands gold medal-winning cyclist Victoria Pendleton&amp;#039;s emotional breakdowns on the show, commenting that people always expect more of Olympians.  &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s so hard to try and do something different,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s so different swapping sports. Everyone just thinks, &amp;#039;Oh you&amp;#039;re an Olympian, you can do everything&amp;#039;. It&amp;#039;s not the case. It&amp;#039;s so, so difficult.  &amp;quot;I feel for all them guys [on Strictly]. I think it&amp;#039;s definitely a challenge if you&amp;#039;re not a professional dancer.&amp;quot;  Adlington also stated that Olympians have a right to enjoy the celebrity lifestyle off the back of the Olympics.  &amp;quot;We only get to do it every four years,&amp;quot; she argued. &amp;quot;Normally we&amp;#039;re in training, we only get two weeks off a year so... it&amp;#039;s kind of [right] that we should come [to events] and celebrate everything that&amp;#039;s happened in the summer.&amp;quot; Adlington went on to reveal that she would like &amp;quot;amazing&amp;quot; Paralympic swimmer Ellie Simmonds to be named BBC Sports Personality of the Year next month.  &amp;quot;She&amp;#039;s absolutely incredible,&amp;quot; the athlete said. &amp;quot;She&amp;#039;s so lovely as well. She&amp;#039;s one of the nicest people and I&amp;#039;d love to see her up there for all she&amp;#039;s achieved.&amp;quot;  The 23-year-old was less optimistic about her own chances though, predicting that she &amp;quot;won&amp;#039;t even be in there&amp;quot; with the nominees despite her two bronze medals from the Games. Watch more of Digital Spy&amp;#039;s chat to Rebecca Adlington below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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