Saturday, June 19, 2010

Jaz Carlin pips Jo Jackson twice in a row as Britain defeat Germany

By Telegraph staff and agencies Published: 6:07PM GMT twenty-one February 2010

Jaz Carlin pips Jo Jackson twice in a row In tip form: Fran Halsall won five races at the week finish to assistance Britain kick Germany Photo: GETTY IMAGES

The nineteen year-old was piece of the 4x200m freestyle send patrol who claimed bronze at last year"s World Championships in Rome to one side Jackson, Rebecca Adlington and Caitlin McClatchey.

On Sunday she kick Jackson and stand in Olympic hold up Adlington in the 400m freestyle in a time only 0.22 sec off her personal best, set during the epoch of the performance-enhancing suits. The actuality the swimmers are in tough precision serve underlined the peculiarity of her performance.

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Hours after Carlin returned to the Wales National Pool to take the lead only prior to the last spin that she never relinquished to finish in 1 min 59.40 sec.

The Swansea-based Carlin is coached by Bud McAllister, who guided Janet Evans to 3 Olympic titles in 1988, the American divulgence on Sunday his charge"s persistence had seen her likened to a "pitbull".

There were a series of considerable performances over the weekend, that GB led 102-56 at the finish of Saturday.

World 100m freestyle china medallist Fran Halsall and universe and Olympic backstroke finalist Lizzie Simmonds both accomplished with five victories, whilst universe 50m backstroke universe jot down hilt Liam Tancock was a four-time winner.

Halsall, of Loughborough, combined feat in the 50m butterfly, 50m freestyle and 4x100m freestyle send to her wins on Sunday in the 100m freestyle and miscellany relays.

Simmonds, outspoken in her service at the anathema on the glossy suits, assimilated Halsall in the send victories whilst completing a purify brush of the backstroke events in the 100m.

Tancock won the 100m backstroke to supplement to Sunday"s 50m win and miscellany send feat prior to anchoring the 4x100m freestyle send patrol home.

Sixteen-year-old Aimee Wilmott came second in the 200m particular miscellany and 800m backstroke, at the back of Adlington, to supplement to Sunday"s 400m particular miscellany victory.

Former universe bronze medallist David Davies was a transparent leader of the 1500m freestyle, Michael Jamieson won the 100m breaststroke, Joe Roebuck was initial in the 200m moth with Jessica Dickons winning the women"s equivalent.

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