Carlin: Securing Rio place is 'weight off shoulders'

Welsh swimmer Jazz Carlin has described qualifying for the Olympics as 'a weight off her shoulders'.

The 25-year-old achieved the qualifying standard in the 400 metres freestyle, with a time of four minutes 4.33 seconds in Glasgow.

She secured her place in Rio along with Siobhan-Marie O'Connor and Ben Proud on the third day of the British Championships.

Carlin had won the 200m and 800m earlier in the week at Tollcross, but her final swim proved decisive.

The swimmer failed to qualify for London 2012 after illness interrupted her preparations, and said that 'heartbreak' had pushed her on.