Fran Halsall will dive in and hope for the best when she competes in the 50m freestyle heats at the World Championships in Barcelona tonight.
Despite being hampered by a shoulder injury, the 23-year-old swimmer was distraught after failing to win a medal at London 2012.
Her coach, Ben Titley, has moved to Canada and been replaced by James Gibson and, after a period of self doubt, she is raring to go tonight.
She said: “There are lots of things I have been working on and I just want to see what I can do. It won’t be perfect because I want it to be perfect in Rio but it will be good to see what I can do.
“There are no tactics involved, I am just going to get in and have a blast.”
Gibson said: “It’s close, it’s tenths of seconds and she is up against it. All you can do is give it what you can.”
