Haywood was a finalist at the World Championships two years ago

Lincoln's Kate Haywood has qualified for the World Swimming Championships in Rome by retaining her British 100m breaststroke title in Sheffield.

Haywood, 21, set a time of 1:08.59 in the final, a second outside her personal best.

She said: "I'd have liked to have gone quicker but I did what I had to, I won here and got my ticket to Rome.

"Now I can focus on my training and hopefully qualify for the 50m and get on the medley relay team too."

In the last world long-course championships in Melbourne two years ago Haywood was seventh in both the 50m and 100m breaststroke.

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