Keri-Anne Payne had to negotiate stray ducks and reeds but still gave her London 2012 venue the thumbs-up after a trial-run. Keri-Anne Payne was the first person to swim the open water course (Picture: PA) The Beijing silver-medallist took a dip in the open water course at the Serpentine in Hyde Park, and reported: ?I?ve just become the first athlete to have swum in it which is quite cool. ?I?m glad I did it for the taste. I had to fight with a couple of ducks, though, to get past the buoys. ?It?s really nice water to swim in ? the only thing was that I got a little bit tangled in the reeds but I?ve learned from that now.? Payne does not compete until August 9 but she and the entire GB swim team will not attend Friday?s opening ceremony, it was announced on Wednesday. The seven-day-long pool schedule starts the following morning, and James Goddard, who will compete against Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte in the 200metres individual medley, explained: ?As a group of swimmers with [national performance director] Michael Scott and a couple of the other staff we sat down and, as a team, we decided not to go to the
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