Anne Bochmann clinched bronze in the 200m individual medley in Sheffield

Norwich swimmer Anne Bochmann is still confident of qualifying for the Commonwealth Games despite missing out in the British Championships last week.

The 16-year-old was forced to pull out of the 400m individual medley due to a chest infection.

But she hopes to qualify for the Games in Delhi by an alternative route.

"I've already got the times needed to compete in the National Championships and I can qualify then so that's what I hope to do," she told BBC Norfolk.

"I picked up a bug in my chest and I'm asthmatic as well so I don't think that helps. I finished the heat but not as well as I'd hoped.

"I realised that health-wise it was better for me to pull out because I couldn't have performed as well as I'd wanted to in the final," she added.

Bochmann, of the City of Norwich club, had hoped to cement her place in the England team to compete in the Commonwealth Games in October by finishing second in the 400m individual medley behind Scottish Olympian Hannah Miley.

"Hannah Miley holds the European record and is a bit older and more experienced so I was always competing for second.

"I don't think anybody really believed that at this age I would take the gold off her," she said.

Bochmann still enjoyed a successful week at Pond's Forge in Sheffield, taking a surprise bronze medal in the 200m, and achieving a personal best in the heats of the 400m freestyle.

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