DOUBLE Olympic silver medallist Jazz Carlin is confident she can rediscover her world-class form in the pool this summer after being handed a discretionary place at this summer’s World Championships by the British selectors.

The 26 year old, who lives in Bradford on Avon and trains at the University of Bath, claimed silvers in the 400m and 800m freestyle in Rio last summer, but failed to make the consideration bracket with her times at last week’s British Championships in Sheffield.

However Carlin won the longer event and has been included in Britain’s 29-strong party for the championships in Budapest, Hungary, from July 23-30 on a discretionary basis, given her stellar recent record on the world stage.

The Wiltshire swimmer will join the likes of Olympic champion Adam Peaty and fellow Olympic medalists Siobhan-Marie O’Connor, James Guy, Duncan Scott, Stephen Milne and Chris Walker-Hebborn plus a group of emerging younger swimmers in the British team and says she is in a positive frame of mind ahead of the summer challenge.

While winning the longer distance in Sheffield, Carlin had to settle for bronze and silver medals respectively in the 200m and 400m freestyle at the national championships but, given her lack of recent competition, that represented a solid return.

“It was nice to be back racing again (even if) I didn’t have the week I’d kind of hoped for,’’ she told the Wiltshire Times.

“I just felt a bit sluggish in the pool but I guess that’s quite understandable.

“I hadn’t really raced since Rio so I didn’t really feel like myself racing again.

“I know that will get better the more I race.

“It (Sheffield) was quite a tough week, but I’m still feeling positive and know that I can be at my best in the summer.

“After Rio, I did have two months completely out of the water with no exercise and I also made the most of my experience, going to do different things I don’t normally get to do and obviously that has an impact on my training.

“I haven’t had the most consistent block I could have had.

“I’ve got a lot of work to do.

“I felt very lucky to be selected for the team and I’m just looking forward to the summer now.’’ British Swimming head coach Bill Furniss said: “I think it was a typical first selection competition following an Olympic Games. Some of our athletes that were successful in Rio, and had an extended break afterwards, did well yet others did not fire on all cylinders. This is to be expected.”