Joining Stockport Metro, she has been coached since by Sean
Kelly. Having broken British junior 800m freestyle record in 2002, Payne's
central financial support was cut after she failed to win a medal at the 2006
Commonwealth Games. As a result, Kelly suggested that she tried open water
swimming, allowing her to access additional central funding.
She represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in
the 200m and 400m individual medley swimming events as well as the10 km open
water event, in which was placed second and won a silver medal for Great
Britain. At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, held in Rome, Payne won the
10km swim. She finished first in a time of two hours, one minute and 37.1
seconds. In 2011 in Shanghai, Payne reclaimed the World Championship in the 10
km Open Water event, becoming in the process the first British athlete in any
sport to confirm qualification for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. She lives in
Heywood, Greater Manchester, with her fiancé David Carry, The couple train at
British Swimming's Intensive Training Centre at Stockport's Grand Central
Pools.
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