Miley sets world best in 200m IM

Britain’s Hannah Miley set the fastest time in the women’s 200m individual medley this year as she sealed her second spot in the British team for the London Olympics at national trials late Tuesday.

Miley won in a time of 2 minutes 10.77 seconds, with Sophie Allen less than a second behind as she edged out Sophie Smith in 2:11.71.

Miley, silver medallist in the 400m individual medley in Beijing four years ago, had already secured her Olympic place in the 400m medley.

“I knew it was going to be a big race on my hands with so many younger girls coming through and stepping up to the medley,” said the 22-year-old Miley, trained by her father Patrick.

“I recently watched an interview from 2006 when I stated that the breaststroke was my weakest stroke,” Miley added.

“We have worked on that problem since then.”

Allen’s time of 2:11.71 was the third fastest in the world this year and lifted her to second in the British all-time list.