Foster out of Athens

Foster faces an anxious wait

Mark Foster will miss the Athens Olympics after failing to reach the qualifying time in the 50m freestyle at the British trials.

Foster, who was aiming to compete in his fifth Games, was denied Olympic selection by just 0.05 seconds.

There was better news for the British team, with 11 more swimmers achieving the necessary times.

In total, 21 swimmers have now been nominated for individual selection and five new British records were set.

There was an upset in the women's 200m backstroke as Commonwealth Champion Sarah Price was edged out of a top-two finish by Karen Lee.

In the 100m breaststroke, Darren Mew out-swam Loughborough University's James Gibson to gold, breaking Hickman's British and Commonwealth records in the process.

Mel Marshall kept up her stunning form with another British record and Olympic qualifying time in the 100m freestyle.

Scottish swimmer Gregor Tait, who qualified for the 200m backstroke earlier in the week, also set a new British record in the 100m event to book his place in that event.

Marshall has been in superb form

Another swimmer to qualify for their second Olympic event was Georgina Lee, who added a gold in the 200m butterfly to the gold she won in the 100m race.

In the women's 400m freestyle event, European short course champion Jo Jackson surprised herself, taking gold with an Olympic qualification time of 4:08.45.

She finished ahead of Rebecca Cooke who just missed out.

In the 400m individual medley, Adrian Turner reversed the top two line-up from the 200m event by beating University of Bath's Robin Francis.

City of Cardiff's David Davies put in an awesome sub-15 minute swim that saw him top the table as the fastest British swimmer ever with a time of 14:57.93 seconds.

Davies books Athens place

Graeme Smith finished second and was also within the Olympic qualifying standard.

In the men's 200m butterfly event, Steve Parry outshone long-term rival James Hickman with a time of 1:56.16. Hickman came in second but failed to qualify.

There was more heartbreak for Kirsty Balfour in the 100m breaststroke after she failed to reach the standard once again following her failure in the 200m breaststroke.