An unusually large value of the 22 C matter radius, extracted by Tanaka et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 062701 (2010)] from measured reaction cross sections, attracted great attention of scientific community. Since that time, several experimental works related to the 22 C nucleus have appeared in the literature. Some of the experimental data, measured with high accuracy, allow us to fix 22 C structure more reliably. Two limiting models reproducing 22 C nuclear structure within the three-body cluster approach, that allow us to describe all existing experimental data, are presented. The 22 C ground state, continuum structure, and geometry are obtained. With fixed 22 C wave function, the prediction for the soft dipole mode in 22 C, which is studied in the process of Coulomb fragmentation, is performed.