AFP/AdelaideFormer breaststroke queen Leisel Jones will compete at her fourth Olympics in London this year after finishing second in the 100-metres event at Australia’s selection trials yesterday. Jones, 26, a triple Olympic gold medallist and former world record holder, had to settle for second to emerging star Leiston Pickett in the final in Adelaide, with both clinching spots on the Australian team to London. ‘Lethal’ Leisel becomes the first Australian swimmer to compete at four Olympic Games. Pickett claimed the gold medal in one minute 06.88 seconds with Jones second in 1:07.64. Jones, who was Australia’s youngest-ever Olympics swimming medallist at 15 at the 2000 Sydney Games, is her country’s greatest breaststroker with eight Olympic medals, 14 at the world championships and a 10-time Commonwealth Games champion. “So excited, such a relief. I did a lot of press before the trials and I’ve done a lot of introductions saying ‘watch me in London’ so it’s a lot of pressure going into a meet like this,” Jones said. “You’ve got people thinking you’re already going to London, so it’s a massive relief to know that I am actually going.” Pickett, 20, qualified for her first Olympics with her winning time equalling American champion Rebecca Soni’s year’s best time. “I like to think so (changing of the guard),” Pickett said. “I’ve always looked up to Leisel as I was growing up and swimming against her and to finally beat her in the 100m, hopefully I can stay number one. “There is so much competition throughout the world in the breaststroke, Rebecca Soni is currently the number one, and being up with Australia puts us up there in the world. It’s going to be good to get over to London and get some good racing.” Jones said the early morning rises for training did test her commitment to continue in swimming. “It does get to you a little bit with training. People don’t realise we put so many hours in training each week. I get up at 4:50 most mornings and when you crawl out of bed on cold mornings you wonder why you do this,” she said. “It’s all worth it in the end when you get to feel the excitement and that’s one thing athletes say they miss, that nervous adrenaline rush and you don’t get that very often in a normal job.” Thomas Fraser-Holmes won his second title of the Australian championships with the 200-metres freestyle in 1:46.88 from Kenrick Monk (1:47.16) in the absence of Olympic great Ian Thorpe who failed to make the final. Fraser-Holmes will be swimming in two events at the London Games after winning the 400m medley on Thursday’s opening night. Emily Seebohm will be competing at her second Olympics after winning the 100m backstroke in 59.28secs from Belinda Hocking (59.41), while Hayden Stoeckel (53.98) and Daniel Arnamnart (54.05) will be Australia’s representatives in the men’s 100m backstroke in London. Elsewhere on the third night at the trials, Stephanie Rice backed up from her second-fastest time in the 200m freestyle semis to qualify fastest (2:12.65) for today’s 200m medley final ahead of Seebohm (2:13.00) and reigning champion Alicia Coutts (2:13.86).