Battling bronze for Jazz Carlin at World Swimming Championships

08 August 2015

Jazz Carlin won a fourth medal of the week for University of Bath-based swimmers at the FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia when she bagged a gutsy 800m freestyle bronze on Saturday. Carlin, who finished an agonising fourth in the 400m final on Sunday, fought all the way to claim the first individual World medal of her career in 8:18.15 – just two-tenths of a second ahead of Australia’s Jessica Ashwood. USA’s Katie Ledecky stormed...