{"id":583771,"date":"2024-04-07T12:49:43","date_gmt":"2024-04-07T19:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=583771"},"modified":"2024-04-07T15:51:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-07T22:51:16","slug":"british-trials-day-6-finals-anna-hopkin-books-olympic-ticket-in-100-free-to-clinch-double","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/british-trials-day-6-finals-anna-hopkin-books-olympic-ticket-in-100-free-to-clinch-double\/","title":{"rendered":"British Trials, Day 6 Finals: Anna Hopkin Books Olympic Ticket In 100 Free To Clinch Double"},"content":{"rendered":"

British Trials, Day 6 Finals: Anna Hopkin Books Olympic Ticket In 100 Free To Clinch Double<\/h4>\n

Anna Hopkin booked a second swim at Paris 2024 after a clear win in the 100m freestyle at the Aquatics Centre in London.<\/p>\n

Hopkin, who anchored the mixed medley relay quartet to victory at the Tokyo Olympics, stopped the clock in 53.33, 0.22 inside the QT of 53.55.<\/p>\n

It followed her victory in the 50 free in which she also sealed an Olympic berth.<\/p>\n

Eva Okaro<\/strong> set her second PB in a day to finish second in 54.46 with Freya Anderson<\/strong> third in 54.59 and still on the way back from glandular fever and\u00a0Freya Colbert<\/strong> fourth in 55.10.<\/p>\n

Evelyn Davis (55.25), Abbie Wood (55.26), Lucy Hope (55.35) and Isabella Hindley (55.59) completed the field but the combined times, however, were outside the 4×1 free time of 3:36.40 imposed by Aquatics GB.<\/p>\n

Hopkin said:<\/p>\n

“I’m happy with that overall.<\/p>\n

“I mean two nomination times, two wins, i can’t really complain.<\/p>\n

“I would have liked to have gone a little bit quicker, knowing that I had gone quicker at worlds it would’ve been nice to back that up.<\/p>\n

“But I really can’t complain.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It was Anderson’s first final of the week after she announced before trials that it was “unlikely” that she would compete.<\/p>\n

The onset of illness stretches back to December last year which she initially thought was a viral infection but by the time of the Flanders Cup in January her health deteriorated.<\/p>\n

Following a diagnosis, Anderson spent a few weeks in the water before building back to health and fitness.<\/p>\n

She said:<\/p>\n

“The thing with glandular fever is there is nothing you can really do to help it apart from \u00a0rest.<\/p>\n

“I have a good week of training and then the fatigue will hit, or one week will be a write-off. It is something I have to be gentle with myself.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Of whether that is being kind to herself mentally, she added:<\/p>\n

“I\u2019ve kind of been alright with it.<\/p>\n

“I have compared it to the start of Covid where there was nothing you can do. I just have to accept it.<\/p>\n

“Everything happens for a reason sort of thing<\/p>\n

“And it has brought a lot of lessons to be sure \u2013 just being kinder on myself and at the end of the day it\u2019s only swimming.<\/p>\n

“I know I put everything into it but I am more than just a swimmer at the end of the day.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n