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British swimmer Fran Halsall is determined to enjoy the Olympics this summer after feeling fatigued and under pressure at London 2012. The 26-year-old freestyle star goes into her third Games as a double Commonwealth champion, but failed to live up to expectations at London 2012.She finished fifth twice as Team GB won just three swimming medals but she now wants to be more relaxed at Rio. The former Sky Academy Sports Scholar said: I havent got a newness to it of, Oh, its going to be all amazing. Its all good. Ive put my hand in and got a little bit burnt.In that sense its a bit harder. But Ive got so much experience to draw on that if I take out the emotion from it and use the past two times as experience, then its only going to stand me in better stead.Merseyside-born Halsall, who swims for Loughborough, says the buzz of a home Olympics probably affected her performance.She added: The thing I learned from the London cycle is not to get too carried away with it too soon and get too excited, because theres only so much emotion you can expend on something. Meet Xena Fran Halsall is Warrior Princess of the Pool! Michael Jamieson and Rebecca Adlington won GBs only swimming medals in 2012 but Halsall says everyone will be raring to improve this time round.She said: You want to go to an Olympics and compete. You want to swim amazing, you want something incredible to happen there.Its easy to get caught up in that and forget that, I actually need to swim 100m and my best way of swimming it is this way.The fact everyone on the team knows, This is how I need to swim my race, this is what Im going to do, and weve been practising it this year, last year, the year before. Its all been put in place.Performances will come off the back of that.Halsall will probably swim in the 50m and 100m freestyle as well as in the relays in what is her 10th year as a Team GB swimmer. Also See: Team GB target 48 Rio medals Meadows calls time on career Monaco athletics goes ahead Park Tae-hwan cleared to compete in Rio Olympics Air Max 95 Mens Nz . -- The Sacramento Kings have signed first-round pick Nik Stauskas to his rookie contract. 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For years an NHL doormat, the Blue Jackets are both inspired and also realistic after the best season in the franchises mostly rocky 13 seasons. "I heard on the radio the other day that Game 4 is one of the great sports moments in this city," forward Mark Letestu said, referring to a three-goal comeback at home that was capped by a last-minute tying goal in regulation and Nick Folignos overtime winner. "I think theres a lot more that we can give. We can give series victories and further cement the Blue Jackets in the hearts of people here. Thats whats on guys minds right now." It was a season of firsts for the Blue Jackets, who have spent much of their existence toward the bottom of the NHL standings. They set club records with 43 regular-season wins, 21 road victories, 93 points and 231 goals. They had made the playoffs just once previously and their stay lasted only four games, all losses. But one of the leagues youngest teams overcame a 5-10-0 start with a strong finish to clinch a playoff spot. Then, they won Games 2 and 4 against the Penguins with stirring comebacks. In Monday nights Game 6, they were outclassed early and trailed 4-0 heading into the final period before scoring three goals in a 4:52 span to energize a crowd of 19,189 that stood and roared throughout the final minutes. The 4-3 defeat left them disappointed, but most will likely only remember the Jackets scrambling at the finish for a possible tying goal while the Penguins struggled to hold them off. "The building was rocking," defenceman Jack Johnson said. "But theres going to be a lot more and better times ahead." Beyond everything else they accomplished, they gave ttheir patient followers some hope.dddddddddddd Over their past 111 games, the Blue Jackets are 62-37-12 -- far and away the best such span in the franchises history, and exceeded by only seven other teams in the league. "Its been great to see where we came from halfway through last season to where we are now and how excited the city gets," said fourth-line centre Derek MacKenzie, an unrestricted free agent this summer. "Weve already talked about that. What would it be like if we could have a great start? Is that arena going to be like that all season long? We sure hope so." The Blue Jackets poor history has become, well, old news. "Everybody hears about the past," said rookie defenceman Ryan Murray, taken No. 2 in the 2012 draft. "It hasnt been very good. Everybody thats here now just wants to change that, to change the culture and bring in more fans and change the city into a hockey town." Judging from the capacity crowds down the stretch and in the playoffs, and the excitement generated around this city of 787,000. For the past few weeks, the Blue Jackets have been the talk of the town, pulling off a rare coup by bumping Ohio State football off the front page of the local newspaper. Now that the Blue Jackets have stamped themselves as a good team, the hard part is getting better. "I dont think were going to catch anybody by surprise anymore," defenceman James Wisniewski said. "Everybody realizes the identity that weve created here, that its going to be a hard-fought game and that theyre going to have to bring their A game or were going to run them out of the building." Many of the Blue Jackets had already shaved off their playoff beards before meetings with the coaching staff on Tuesday morning. Several of the younger players were barely able to grow one. So now a team that didnt know what it was missing when it didnt make the playoffs is disappointed that it has been eliminated. "Ill be watching (the playoffs) for sure," Atkinson said. "What else is there to do now? You wish you could be playing." ' ' '