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After my swims this weekend I think coach realized, you know what, you have to have a good one getting out of this meet. So I put the suit on and had a decent swim.

Sometimes you meet people who can't swim. And I always think: 'Oh my God, that's extraordinary.' For me, it's always been a treat... I just feel really happy in the water.

I can swim I'm not bad, but not great.

Back in my mind, I never, ever wanted to give up swimming; it was something that I would carry on with.

I've gradually gained more confidence swimming for distance in the open sea, but I still return to the rock pools.

After my cancer diagnosis, I really took my swimming to a new level.

I just always really wanted to swim. It was always a family thing: dad obviously swam, and my sister did, too. And mum used to come along to meets. They had to drag me out of the pool - so there was never any pressure on me to swim. It was just something I loved doing.

Swimming took up so much of my faculties, and for so long, I was willing to give it everything.

I've enjoyed training again, I've enjoyed pushing myself in the pool and I'll keep on swimming until I feel I cannot get any more out of myself.

If I didn't swim my best, I'd think about it at school, at dinner, with my friends. It would drive me crazy.