Mills expects tough challenge in Israel

Mills and Saskia Clark have both sealed their spots at next summer's Olympics along with teammates Luke Patience and Elliot Willis.

But with spots still up for grabs for the rest of the fleet it is set to be a tough battle in Haifa.

"There's certainly a lot of chat about countries getting qualified for the Games so it's a massive event for a lot of people both for country qualification and for individual selection places as well," the 27-year-old said.

"It's certainly a big event and everyone's looking to peak for this event throughout the year. We'll definitely need to be on our best game to be in with a shout of the medals.

"Our selection maybe lets a teeny bit of pressure off for this event now, but for us we're looking at it as the last big event for our 2015 season so we still want to go out and put on our best performance.

"It's still a World Championship and you don't get the chance to try and get on the podium or win them very often. We'll certainly be going out there with that in our minds."

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