Sporting digest: Swimming

Sporting digest: Swimming

Franziska van Almsick, the world 200 metres champion, returned to competition in disappointing fashion yesterday, failing to qualify for the 100m freestyle relay in next year's world championships. The 19-year-old Van Almsick, swimming in her first major event since sustaining severe hand injuries in a motorcycle accident last May, was sixth in 57.16sec in the 100m freestyle at the German trials in Regensburg.