Jaz Carlin sees off Jo Jackson again as GB power to win

JAZ Carlin toppled Olympic and world medallist Jo Jackson for the second consecutive race when she won the 200 metres freestyle at the British Gas Great Britain v Germany swim meet in Swansea which ended with a convincing 207-109 victory for the hosts.

The 19-year-old was part of the 4x200m freestyle relay squad which claimed bronze at last year's World Championships in Rome alongside Jackson, Rebecca Adlington and Caitlin McClatchey.

Yesterday she beat both Jackson and double Olympic champion Adlington in the 400m freestyle in a time just 0.22 seconds off her personal best, set during the era of the performance-enhancing suits and the fact the swimmers are in hard training further underlined the quality of her performance.

Hours later Carlin returned to the Wales National Pool to take the lead just before the final turn which she never relinquished to finish in one minute 59.40 seconds.

Carlin said: "I was really pleased with my 400, that was the highlight of my weekend.

"But it was also good to show I still have a bit of speed for the 200."

There were a number of impressive performances over the event which GB led 102-56 at the end of Saturday.

World 100m freestyle silver medallist Fran Halsall and world and Olympic backstroke finalist Lizzie Simmonds both finished with five victories with world 50m backstroke world record holder Liam Tancock a four-time winner. Halsall, of Loughborough, added victory in the 50m butterfly, 50m freestyle and 4x100m freestyle relay to her wins yesterday in the 100m free and medley relay.

Simmonds joined Halsall in the relay victories while completing a clean sweep of the backstroke events in the 100m.

Tancock won the 100m backstroke to add to yesterday's 50m win and medley relay victory before anchoring the 4x100m freestyle relay squad home.

Former world bronze medallist David Davies was a clear winner of the 1500m freestyle, Michael Jamieson won the 100m breaststroke, Joe Roebuck was first in the 200m butterfly with Jessica Dickons winning the women's equivalent.

There were some impressive displays by less experienced swimmers, with 16-year-old Aimee Wilmott coming second in the 200m individual medley and 800m backstroke, behind Adlington, to add to yesterday's 400m individual medley victory.