JAZZ Carlin returned to the scene of her lowest sporting moment last night - and ended up wearing a gold medal and a broad smile of redemption.

Three years ago, the Swindon swimmer left the Olympic team trials at the London Aquatic Centre in tears after failing to book her place on Team GB – the highest-profile name not to make the cut.

But last year she was named British Swimming's athlete of the year after winning the 400m and 800m freestyle at the Commonwealth Games and European Championships, plus a silver medal at the World Short Course Championships in Doha.

And Carlin booked her place on this summer's World Championship team as she won the national 400m freestyle title in 4:03.51 minutes, her second-quickest time ever.

"I had some nerves coming in because last time I raced in this pool it didn't go the way I wanted but I'm a completely different swimmer now," she said.

"I'm just really happy with that time but I want to build on it because I know people will be going even faster at the World Championships.

"I'm a lot stronger mentally for what happened before the Olympics. It's about accepting the journey with its highs and lows and that's just sport."

Carlin lead from gun to wall finishing over six seconds ahead of Jessica Thielmann while former world medallist Hannah Miley completed the podium.

And she claimed she is reaping the benefits of her recent move to Bath, where she now trains with David McCulty after ex-coach Bud McAllister left her Swansea base to relocate to Australia earlier this year.

"I'm a racer and I love the competition," she added. "I'm used to chasing the field but I was out on my own there which is a bit new but it's nice to get experience of different kinds of races.

"I've been working on lots of things in training and it's all starting to come together. The move has been a big change but I'm really enjoying it and everything seems to be working."

As for Miley, she then followed up her third-place finish in the 400m freestyle by coming fifth in the 200m breaststroke, touching home in 2:28.24 minutes.

“It's been so far so good for me this week,” Miley said. “Day one was quite a big surprise for me and coming in here it's another two events that I'm not focusing on.

“They are a lot faster than they were this time last year so it's a positive start but my main focus is on the last event.

“Doing the races before gets me into the meet and calms me down, when you have a target sometimes you have the anxiety that comes with it.

“I was worried that I might have peaked too soon but this pool is really fast and brings the best out of everyone and it's great to be here and to race it.”

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