JAZZ Carlin has turned her focus to the World Championships in July after clinching qualification on her first day of competition at the British Championships last week.

Swindon-born Carlin, who has moved to Bath this week to step up her training, secured her place at Russia later this year when she defended her British crown in the 400m freestyle at the London Aquatics Centre.

The Tigershark went on to secure further golds in the 800m and 200m.

“The main aim of last week was to qualify for the World Championships, so to do that in my first event took the pressure off the rest of the week,” she said back at her family home in Swindon.

“Once you are on the team you can swim what lengths you want to, so I have got that option but the main events will be the 400 and 800 and then maybe the relay.

“I knew training had gone well and I have had a couple of years of good and consistent training, so going into London it was completely different.

“I was going in feeling more confident and feeling a lot better in myself and a lot healthier, so that definitely helped going back to London.

“To come away with some solid times and a best time in the 200 shows that I’m in a good place and it is just about moving it forward to the World Championships now.”

Despite the relative ease in the way Carlin claimed her three gold medals in London, the 24-year-old is fully aware of the step up in competition in July.

Since teaming up with new coach Dave McNulty over the winter Carlin has been tightening up her technique and hopes that the use of the National Centre for Swimming at the University of Bath will give her the edge she will need.

“I have been working on smaller things like my technique and my strength,” she added. “Outside of the pool I have been trying to make myself a bit stronger because I know that has been a bit of a weakness of mine in the past.

“On my turns I have been doing a lot of filming, but I know with the new Bath centre that has opened there will be lots of underwater cameras and lots of filming so we will definitely be focusing a lot more on the technical stuff.

“Whether it is finding a little bit on a turn or a start I think you need to find that because it could be the difference between a medal and not getting a medal.

“It is about getting used to that now and at the World Championships I know there will be loads of girls who will be pushing out.”