Sloudnov speeds to record

Olympic bronze medallist Roman Sloudnov set a new world record in the semi-final of the 100m breaststroke

The 21-year-old Russian clocked a time of 59.94 seconds, he will be looking for gold in the final

Karen Pickering led the 4x100m freestyle to joint second place, Britain's first world silver since Perth '91

Australia's Petria Thomas motors home to take gold in the 200m butterfly

Red hot favourite Ian Thorpe wins his 800m freestyle qualifier with a consumate performance

Britain's Graeme Smith kept up with Thorpe and broke his own British record in a time of 7 mins 56.73 seconds