BRITISH GAS SCOTTISH SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Venue: Glasgow Dates: 25 to 28 June Coverage: Daily video highlights on the BBC Sport website (UK only)

Report - Adlington shines in Scotland (UK users only)

Rebecca Adlington beat her personal best by almost two seconds to win the 200m freestyle title at the Scottish National Championships in Glasgow.

Yet the 400m and 800m Olympic champion, who won the 200m in 1:57.15 ahead of Jaz Carlin, may not race the event in July's World Championships in Rome.

"I've got a lot of work to go to get a world-class time up against the other girls in the world," said Adlington.

Hannah Miley won the women's 400m individual medley in 4:39.55.

Adlington is likely to focus on other events in Italy, including the 4x200m relay.

"My 800 is still my best event and I'd really love to do the four by two," she said.

"That's the one where we all get the team together and it's just a brilliant event."

Adlington, whose personal 200m best of 1:56.66 is still some way short of Federica Pellegrini's provisional world record of 1:54.47, added: "Hopefully in the next year I can improve on it.

"The 200 is still a bonus for me. I would love to race it come London (2012)."

If Adlington does withdraw, it would be welcome news for Scotland's Caitlin McClatchey, who finished third at Tollcross Park Leisure Centre.

McClatchey set a target time of 1:57.58 for qualifying for the British team when she finished second at the British Championships in Sheffield in March.

With Carlin registering a time of 1:58.34 in Glasgow, McClatchey may yet make the team for Rome.

British champion Jo Jackson did not enter the event.

Meanwhile, Gemma Spofforth won the 50m backstroke but was just outside the new British record of 27.99 she set in winning her heat on Thursday morning.

Jemma Lowe won the women's 100m butterfly event in 58.41.

In the men's events, Ian Hulme won the 50m butterfly in 24.17 and Simon Burnett was first home over 100m in the freestyle final with a time of 49.19.

Richard Webb's place on the team for the World Championships was confirmed after Michael Jamieson won the 200m breaststroke but failed to beat Webb's time from Sheffield.

That also applied to Richard Charlesworth, whose 1500m time from March was not bettered by the winner in Glasgow, Loughborough's Daniel Fogg.

Possible highlights:

Heats are during morning and afternoon sessions, finals start at 1745 BST each day.

Friday:

Men's 400m Freestyle - Davies is the British record-holder but David Carry is also in good form

Women's 800m Freestyle - Eyes will be on Rebecca Adlington's time but Jo Jackson is also looking to qualify for a Worlds spot

Saturday:

Men's 200m Individual Medley - James Goddard qualified in Sheffield and it will be interesting to see who joins him

Women's 400m Freestyle - Adlington needs to win to secure her worlds place in an event where she won Olympic gold. Jackson has withdrawn as she has already qualified

Women's 100m Backstroke - Gemma Spofforth is back from training in America and will be looking to secure her place in her main event

Men's 800m Freestyle - Davies is British record-holder and could potentially lower that further

Women's 200m Butterfly - Gandy is European record holder but Lowe will again be looking to challenge her

Sunday:

Women's 100m Freestyle and Men's 200m Freestyle - Again important for relay qualification

Men's 50m Backstroke - Liam Tancock's main event and the event he broke the world record in last year.

Women's 1500m Freestyle - Will Olympians Cassie Patten or Keri-Anne Payne qualify in this event?

E-mail this to a friend

Printable version