Amelia Maughan has vowed not to get caught up in the Olympic hype this year and instead has set her sights on winning a first individual medal at the European Junior Championships, writes Ben Baker.

Bath Intensive Training Centre member Maughan is currently on the fringes of the senior British team but did join the country's best swimmers at a warm-weather training camp in Cyprus last May.

The 15-year-old will share the pool with them again at the British Championships in March, which act as the main trials for this summer's Olympics as well as the European Juniors.

Maughan won European junior 4x100m freestyle relay silver last year as well as bronze at the world equivalent.

"I am really excited about what 2012 could bring and the first major competition for me is the Olympic trials in March," said Maughan, one of Kellogg's' Champions of Tomorrow.

"Although a lot of the senior swimmers will have London 2012 hopes in March, because I am still young my aim is no different to any other competition. I just want to swim faster than I have done.

"Having said that I will still obviously go there and try my hardest to make the Olympic squad as when you have the opportunity it would be silly to not go for it.

"But I am realistic and for me I want to get qualification for the European Juniors, which is a more realistic aim for me.

"I want to get to the next step as soon as possible and for me it is climbing the podium on my own."

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