JAZZ Carlin qualified fastest for tomorrow's women's 800m freestyle final at the European Championships in Berlin this morning.

Former Wootton Bassett School pupil Carlin, who turns 24 next month and won the Commonwealth title at the distance at the recent Games in Glasgow, clocked 8:22.70 to finish two and a half seconds clear of her nearest rival, Spain's Mireia Belmonte Garcia.

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