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Jazz comes home to Tigersharks’ joy

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Silver medallist Jazz Carlin sits with the Tigersharks
Rio Olympic’s double medallist 12 years, Lesley Jeffers, said: “It’s before the London Olympics when
TO RENT Jazz Carlin was given an ecstatic such a joy for Jazz to win medals she was diagnosed with glandular
fever which had completely
welcome home from 60 members of at the world’s biggest event. She
annexed to a successful her former swimming club Swindon started with us in the learn to swim disrupted her training.”
Chiropractic clinic with Tigersharks at Link Centre on 12 programme at the age of 5 and Mary said Jazz had her tonsils
dedicated rehab gym. September. progressed from there. removed in late 2012 and once
Wearing her silver medals won in
“And although Jazz is now based
Either as a full suite of the 400 and 800 freestyle, the guard with the elite GB squad at Bath she returned to training her talent
emerged even more strongly with
rooms with facilities, or of honour formed by the youngsters University, she comes back to see British records being broken,
separate rooms with shared aged 8 to 17 briefly reduced her to us as often as her commitments personal times improved, gold
facilities, from £500/month. tears before composing herself to allow. It’s great that she sometimes and silver medals at the 2014
Ideal for massage therapist, pass out the medals, chat to club trains with our swimmers to Commonwealth Games and the
chiropodist or similar. members and pose for snaps. demonstrate how hard she works European Championships, and
The homecoming complemented
For more details: the club send-off for Jazz in July to achieve her success. What’s nice a bronze at the 2015 World
Championships in Russia.
is that Jazz remains such a level
[email protected] before she set off for Brazil with the headed nice person, an inspiration “It was a huge knock not to be October
07764 220528 other Team GB swimmers. to all of us, in the pool and outside. able to be part of the London
Tigersharks head coach for the last Parents Mary and Roger Carlin, Olympics, but Jazz showed great 7th - 9th
from Grange Park, said they were character and determination to put
still trying to come to terms with that behind her, to show what she
Jazz’s success a month after the was capable of,” said Mary.
competition. “We went to Rio to Jazz said: “I enjoy returning to Fri & Sat: 9am – 5pm, Sun: 9am – 4pm
cheer the team and urge Jazz on to my home town where I learnt to Free Parking. Swindon M4 Junction 16
do her best in the heats and finals,” swim and my career began. I have
said Mary. “It was an incredible so many people to be thankful for,
atmosphere, totally euphoric as my parents who have helped me
the team won medals and Jazz in every way possible, the coaches The Big Green
improved her personal best times in the club who have pushed me
and came through in her events, so and all the volunteers who keep
brilliant.” Tigersharks going as a club. I really
Roger commented: “After the 400 could not have achieved what I
metres Jazz was saying she felt have without them.”
under the weather during the heats Jazz, who celebrated her twenty- Home Show
of the 800 metres, but we knew sixth birthday on 17 September,
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