DEFENDING his 200m freestyle title is top of the agenda for swimmer James Guy as he prepares for this month’s World Championships in Hungary.

The 21-year-old former Swim Trafford member won double gold at the World Championships two years ago, adding the 4x200m freestyle relay title to his individual accolade.

Two Olympic silver medals followed at Rio 2016, but only in the relays as he finished just out of the medals in the 200m freestyle, while he only managed sixth in the 400m event.

Now though, with four more national titles to his name in 2017 and having posted a series of impressive performances during the spring, Guy is confident ahead of the main event in Budapest.

“Obviously I want to do as well as I can, and better than in the Olympics. I mean I am the current world champion in the 200m free so obviously I’m trying to win that event again,” he said.

“But it will be tough with Sun Yang and a couple of the Aussies there, and Chad le Clos who is a good friend of mine, so it’s going to be interesting.

“It’s a new season and that last year is dead and buried. I’m in a good place, I’m training really well, I’m happy and the way I’ve been going racing-wise, this season, means I can do a good job this summer, hopefully.”

While the World Championships are the main focus for swimmers this year, 2018 will see their summer peak come for the European Championships and Guy cannot wait for the action to unfold.

“Glasgow’s a great place, it was my first Commonwealth Games there and I’ve had numerous trials there. The pool is fast and it’s our target meet for that summer,” he concluded.

“I want to be on song for it, I’ll be 22, young and fit and ready to go and racing as fast as I can.”

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