AMY Smith stormed to a third London 2012 Olympic spot after a mouth-watering 50-metres freestyle performance in the British Swimming Championships.

The Kidderminster swimmer was forced to play second fiddle to Great Britain number one Fran Halsall in London.

But Smith delivered when it mattered most by clocking a new personal best to secure Olympic qualification in the 50m freestyle.

A silver medallist in the 100m freestyle earlier in the week, she is unfortunate to be up against the best sprint freestyler Britain has produced in many years.

This was the sixth time in three years Smith gained silver behind Halsall but the pair will combine in the sprint relay at London 2012.

She had no complaints after clocking 24.80 seconds in the 50m final with Halsall taking gold in 24.13.

“I’m really delighted. My aim was to dip under the 25-second mark,” Smith said.

“It was pretty convincing and hopefully that will push my world ranking up as well.

“I wasn’t expecting to go quite that fast.

“It’s been a great week for me and it went exactly to plan.”

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