PRINCE Henry's Grammar School pupil Georgia Coates has been selected to compete for Great Britain at the FINA World Championships in Windsor, Canada next month.

The 17-year-old is part of a 16-strong party, including Rio Olympic medallists Stephen Milne and Dan Wallace, taking part in the 25-metre pool.

The action gets underway at the WFCU Centre from Tuesday, December 6 to Sunday, December 11 in what is the start of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic cycle.

British Swimming's head coach Bill Furniss has challenged his squad to use the event to practice vital race skills ahead of the new quadrennial.

He said: “The team is a mixture of some of our established Olympians and younger swimmers who will benefit from exposure to the world stage as they prepare for the next Olympic cycle.

“The meet provides a good opportunity early in the cycle to build positive team culture and behaviours and work on short course skills."

Georgia has already been Stateside this autumn in what was the first of ten altitude camps prior to Tokyo.

The squad of 16 spent three weeks at the Hypo2 High Performance Sport Centre in Flagstaff, Arizona with the intention of raising their achievements to new heights.

Each camp will target 200-metre plus swimmers with an optimal age and performance profile set to excel at the Tokyo Games, as well as those with a proven record of podium level performance continuing beyond Rio 2016.

"We believe there are some significant gains for a group of swimmers that we need to explore further and ultimately perfect ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Games," said British Swimming's national performance director Chris Spice.

"British Swimming will implement a testing programme prior to, during and post each altitude exposure to ensure we're maximizing the positive effects such training can have on an athlete.

"Flagstaff was the first in the ten-camp altitude programme. We will be holding two a year in October and then either January or February, for three weeks at a time."

The Flagstaff camp was led by head of performance pathway Tim Jones and included double Olympic silver medallist Duncan Scott, as well as Olympians Max Litchfield and Coates.

"The athletes on this first camp were identified as a group who are expected to be at their performance peak by the time we reach the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games." explained Jones.

"This particular camp was targeted at athletes who have recently transitioned into the senior ranks, and we believe this exposure will help them significantly in making the next step on their journey.

"We're putting in place this fantastic opportunity as a vital step in our plans leading into Tokyo."