Day 6 - Part 1 Swimming: World Championships

Hello and welcome to Budapest. It is going to be a brilliant night of

racing this evening. Some of the biggest stars in world swimming will

be in action. Alongside the brilliant Brits! Here's what's

coming up. Will Ben be proud tonight? Our world

champion is in action. Molly Renshaw leads the Bristol charge.

And Lochte on a global stage and can the British boys hang on to their

title in the men's four by 200 relay? Some big races and

opportunities for British swimmers to get on the podium. Big

characters, where to begin? I am looking forward to Ross Murdoch

in the 200m breaststroke. A great race. Ben Proud in the semifinal.

Who will be the fastest man on the planet.

And obviously the 4x200m. That will be amazing.

The British boys are looking to defend their title. It will be a

tough one. On paper one team could win it but does it matter in an

environment like this on a stage like this? No, it changes on a night

like tonight. Rankings mean nothing. It is who can step up to the

occasion, who can handle the nerves? It will be a great race.

The women's 100m freestyle final, some of the biggest names are in the

line up. It is a hit. You have everything, the Olympic

champion in lane one. Two Olympic champions when there was a tie at

the Paralympic Games. The Canadian over in lane seven. The world

champions in there, and Shoshum. I have to lean in to hear what you

are saying, that is because once again the Hungarian crowd are going

crazy. They are loud, proud and rightly so.

Now, let's go over for the women's 100m freestyle final.

Welcome to the greatest field. The women's 100m freestylers ever

assembled. Each one is or has been an Olympic world champion.

They have been introduced into the crowd.

In lane seven, Ehud Olmert. Tied for gold. That was Bronte Campbell, the

defending world champion. Here, Pernille Blume of Denmark.

And gold in the 50m freestyle. And Steve joins me, and there is Sarah

Sjostrom. Sandwiched by two huge Americans.

And there was one of them, Mallory Comerford.

Mallory Comerford is the US record-holder at the moment.

She is 19 years of age. There is Simone Manuel. She tied at the

Paralympic Games. She will not want to let that title go - being the

best in the world. But I think it will happen. Just look at this lady.

She broke the world record earlier this year.

Andy, she went under 52 seconds. Breaking it in the 100m women's

freestyle. If she is going sub-52, I think that the gold is her's. The

last time an American won this World Championship was 19 years ago, it

was Jenny Thompson. The last time man and a woman,

American, won gold, Caeleb Dressel, of course has won the men's already,

it was 28 years ago. So, the greatest field of women.

100m freestylers ever assembled, the final of the World Championships

here in 2017 in Budapest. The fastest qualifier, the new world

record-holder, Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden. The rest of them are

absolutely sensational sprint freestylers.

Sarah Sjostrom in the centre for Sweden. A good start from Ranomi

Kromowidjojo. The Olympic champion from four years

ago in London 2012. There, look as Sarah Sjostrom. Making mince meet of

the reigning Olympic champion. I feel she has benefitted this year.

She benefitted from dropping the 200 freestyle from the programme. She is

under world record pace at this stage. The time she did earlier in

the week. Can the field hang with her? She is powerful. Working really

hard in the 25 metres. There is Simone Manuel coming back well. She

was the first black woman to win gold in the swimming pool. She is

looking good here. Simone Manuel is coming here. This is tight. I think

that Simone Manuel could get it. Simone Manuel is the first black

woman ever win! The first championship title in the 100m

freestyle in any event in the World Championships! Can you believe that!

Gold in Rio last year. Now the world champion! I cannot believe that

happened. She swam it absolutely perfectly. 4100ths, is the gap

between the gold and the silver, between Simone Manuel and Sarah

Sjostrom. That is a massive shock. Well, no-one in the building in more

shock than Sarah Sjostrom. It was looking so good up to 60

metres. She had a great start. When she came in here, she was faster

than on the relay. She has had two days off. How can sheing tired? But

look there, no extension on the stroke. And a great finish, a great

finish from the Olympic champion. Andy, she really wanted it, didn't

she? I don't think that the concentration was there.

That is Pernille Blume, she has the bronze medal. What a surprising

finish that was. She doesn't look that excited.

Simone Manuel, you are the Olympic champion! She is too tired to have a

smile. Come on, now! What a shock. Simone Manuel, the Gold Medal.

Sarah Sjostrom, the silver medal. Pernille Blume, the bronze.

Well, guy, did you see that one coming? I'm shocked. Speechless.

Sjostrom is faster on paper. As we discussed, the paper is irrelevant.

How can you swim slower four days later? I know what did happen over

the first 25 metres. She didn't breathe. Why? The bottom line is

when you get into the race it is all about the oxygen. You don't,

don't... You can see it in the middle of the pool. You can't see

from the angle but she has her head down and breathes on the red marker

here. You go into oxygen debt. You build up lactate. That is something

you don't do. She is under her world record. Out

really well but you look down the second length, she is controlling

the race here. And Simone Manuel did her race. She sat off the lane rope

and swam off her. Is that a mistake or a new tactic?

She came second, of course it was! I don't know what she did breaking the

world record. I can't fault what she did but she was half a second slower

in the second lap. Looking in the water, she is going backwards. That

is an elephant on the back, you are gone and fighting to get to the wall

because the lactate is setting and there is nothing you can do.

Well, next up is the men's 200m backstroke final. Ryan Murphy is

going in this one but Xu Jiayu qualified fastest.

Let's see what happened. So, the final of the men's 200

backstroke. Again, we've had so many fascinating races. This is yet

another. Up until this World Championships, Xu won gold on the

100. And he is fastest seed on this 200m backstroke. Surely he cannot do

the double? It means so much to him. Xu missed out in the Paralympic

Games. He didn't get a medal. He was sixth, that must have stung. But the

main protagonists are back in. Ryan Murphy, the Olympic on the 100 and

the 200, he was really upset. So, Xu, Ryan Murphy and Evgeny

Rylov, who is very, very quick indeed.

Murphy was upset after the 100. He was spitting down there in the

mix-on afterwards. He doesn't want to lose both of the titles he won in

the Paralympic Games last year. When he was leading off the American

mixed medley relay, he did a time that would have won a gold on the

individual? I don't know how that happens. You have to have a big

match temptment to make it happen. Here is the local favourite. Peter

Bernek of Hungary, the European champion off the 200 backstroke five

years ago. And this guy, oh, Ryosuke Irie, the

World Championship Silver Medallist in 2009 and 2011. He came to London

in 2012, and got a silver. Mr Silver he is. Can he get a gold. And Jacob

Pebley from the USA. Fifth in Rio. He swims with a great team and his

team-mate, Ryan Murphy is in five. I love Kliment Kolesnikov. He is 17

years of age. He trains with Evgeny Rylov.

Both of them are training with James Gibson, a great British swimmer with

working with a lot of the Russian guys.

So, two club mates, Jacob Pebley and Ryan Murphy from the usa. Here is

Ryan Murphy. He looks nonchalant. He has the head phones on. Here he is

giving a little bit now. He just looks a little pedestrian to me.

Just a little too coal. I would love to stick a rock up... And wake him

up a little bit. This guy is a rocket. Fantastic,

last night we saw Xu go off like a rocket. Underworld record pace at

the halfway mark, I wonder if he was testing the pace for the first 100?

It felt to me the case. There was an insane record here.

1.51. But he was challenging the marker. He has a beautiful stroke.

But this man here, Murphy, the Olympic champion if he gets the

pacing wrong, he will be there to take the gold.

There is callish any could've with a another necklace. I don't understand

that, you shave your body, get rid of the hairs and then leave a speed

bump around your neck. I'm dying to know how much this is

slowing him down. If you shave your body, why oh, why are you leaving

your jewellery on? It's a total mystery! So, a final of the men's

200m backstroke at the World Championships. Can Xu do the double?

The 100 an the 200. Oh! Xu did a little bit of bouncing,

trying to anticipate the starter a little bit. By far the best start

has come up in lane three from Evgeny Rylov of Russia. He is

breathing down the first 25. Beautiful strokes. Evgeny Rylov in

three, Xu in four. A little ragged is Ryan Murphy.

There is a reason that Evgeny Rylov is the fastest in the world. He is

capable of 1.53. He is not messing here. Look at that. A tenth of the

second off the world record place. This will be a world-class race. The

Russians are struggling. But Evgeny Rylov has to be careful. Xu and

Murphy will be ready to pounce. And Xu he did a Evgeny Rylov in the

semifinal. Evgeny Rylov is miles ahead. This is going to hurt. 54.5.

The world record was 54.9. So he is under that. The rest of the field

will start to charge. Ryan Murphy on the 200 has had better tactics.

There are two races. I didn't expect this. Look at Evgeny Rylov. You hope

he has not gone out too fast. Xu and Murphy are class acts down the last

50. Surely Evgeny Rylov cannot hold on? He is trying though.

Look at the gap between Evgeny Rylov and Xu. The leader is in the yellow

hat. A lot of clear water between the two. Evgeny Rylov is holding off

with 25 metres to go. Evgeny Rylov, the 20-year-old from Russia. The owe

Olympic Games winner. But the black cap is coming back fast of Ryan

Murphy. Have the wheels fallen off for Evgeny Rylov? 1.53.6 is the Gold

Medal. It has gone to Russia, it has gone to Evgeny Rylov. And I can tell

you the Russian comment Aitors in front of me are going berserk! The

silver medal has gone to Jacob Pebley. Well, that is an interesting

one. No, excuse me, to Ryan Murphy. He

got the silver, Jacob Pebley the bronze. So it is Russia, gold, USA

silver, USA bronze. Evgeny Rylov, often fortune favours

the brave on the 200 events. And how brave was he over that first 50. Not

messing about at all. I didn't think he could hold on. When you go, you

go. But that 20-year-old, he deserves the plaudits. He came in as

the number one in the world and he delivered.

He's delivered a time faster than Ryan Murphy won the Olympics in last

year that. Must have hurt so bad. Just watch the rest of the world

come back at you. Ouch. He glided in as well. He really was exhausted.

Well done, Sir. You've got to salute that. Massive guts. Pebley is

happier than Rylov. He loved it. He won a bronze ahead of fourth

position. There is the new world champion. The world champion is

Yvgeny Rylov of Russia. That was a demonstration in

dominance, wasn't it? I think most races we talk about it being so

close, that was something else. What a swim. Let's turn to the same event

but for the women. Emily Seabaum didn't have the Olympics she wanted.

She's been talking to Sharon about her journey to Budapest.

COMMENTATOR: She's come sixth, what a shocking Olympics she's had.

Really disappointing, I'd like to know what's going on. Last year was

really tough especially on myself physically and mentally. To come

back into this and do so well, I'm really happy. I got diagnosed with

end meet rose I in -- endometriosis in June last year. I couldn't do

much about it until after Rio. I needed surgery. You've been

competing at this level for such a long time...

COMMENTATOR: That is brilliant, a 14-year-old taking on a world record

holder. It's difficult not to have down years. I know and now being 25,

being on the Australian swim team for 11 consecutive years has been

really tough, but I love the challenge. I love swimming. This is

why I do it. A lot of Australians that didn't get the results last

year decided to take a chunk of time off. You took a bit of time off.

Right decision? I don't know. I wanted to swim this year. I got all

my surgery done December and January so I could be back in the water and

make this meet and seeing where I'm at is pretty good. I did the world

short course in December. After that, me and Mitch had a break and

went to New York. I came home and got my surgery just after Christmas.

It's been a long road of recovery and making sure that my health is

100%. I think I'm doing pretty well. Being the soft hearted mummies we

are - I meant Becky there not you - we have talked about how these guys

are only human. How do you come back to such a high level when you've

dealt with something so debilitating as surgery? The thing is especially

in swimming you love your sport. You don't do it for fame or money or

anything else. Obviously it's clear that Emily loves her sport. She said

she wanted to get back in the water. I think all of us, to get up at 5am

every morning, you've got to love what you do. I think it's really

clear she does. It's great to see her back on form. She talks about

being 25, Hosni is 28, she's not past her prime yet. Will she be

looking for redemption because of Rio? Yeah, clearly we know that she

can do it. She knows she can do it. The thing is you find we've all had

it. When things are going well. Things are going swimmingly, I know!

You took a long time to laugh back at me. Floated on the surface, but

when things happen and we've all had an injury, you learn more about

yourself in the bad times than the good times. It's always one of these

things I say about in sport and life there's no such thing as failing. I

always think about failing, you learn something about yourself. Then

you come back stronger, hopefully. As you say, 25 years of age, she has

a lot of time. That is why you are a motivational Speaker. Emily goes in

the second semifinal. Get your ear plugs ready. Over to you.

She won gold on that 200 medley, what a brilliant swim that was. A

bronze on the 200 fly. The crowd actually one of the loudest noises

is when the Hungarian men's team got a bronze on the four by 100 free.

Extraordinary. Four of the finest from Rio in the first semifinal of

the women's 200m backstroke. Just got a glimpse of 15-year-old

Smith. I wonder if she's intimidated swimming next to Hosszu. She's going

in five. She's 15 years of age. Next to her, not wanting to be outdon is

the Aussie. -- outdone. They start young these days. Must have been

training since they were eight. It is quite extraordinary. Born in

2002. She's in the world championships semifinal. Off to the

world juniors in a couple of weeks. This is the world seniors. Hosszu if

four. -- in four. I have to say the heats this morning

were not particularly fast. There's a lot of opportunity here for some

people who may otherwise not get in the final to have a crack and beat

some people maybe they shouldn't do. Hosszu, the world short course

champion on the 200m backstroke. Decent start, in the centre in four

for Hungary. Liking the look of Smith. One down from Hosszu, in

between the yellow lane rope. 15 years of age, taking it to Hosszu,

the Iron Lady. I'm not sure about Hosszu this week. She's won that

Gold Medal on the 200m individual medley but she hasn't looked her

usual dominant self. She was a second off her own world record, she

set that at the Olympics to win the gold there. A second off her best

there. She fought well on that 200 butterfly to win the bronze. I

thought that was very good. Her best event may be still to come, this one

and the 400 medley. First over is Caldwell, the bronze-medallist from

the Olympic Games. Still going well is the 15-year-old Smith in five for

the USA. Nothing better than unearthing new talent. The Americans

have got one here in the 15-year-old Reagan Smith. She will go well at

the world juniors. Hosszu is more of a power swimmer than a technician.

She's having to work really hard here. Let's look at the wall and see

where they go in and come out. Got to get that good leg kick in the

water. Hosszu lost ground there. The Hungarian crowd won't like this.

They're willing her on. She's in the centre of those three leaders at the

top of there. Caldwell in the white hat leading. Coming back reasonably

well down here in lane seven is Ustinova. She was fourth at the

Olympic Games. Ustinova gets it, Smith second, McKeon third. Hosszu

only fourth. She should be OK. It's all about timing from these

semifinals. Oh, dear, look at that. Well there's the 15-year-old. She's

going to make the world Championship senior final, aged 15. Well done.

Big PB for her and a world junior record. No wonder she's crying. I

thought she was too young for world juniors at 15. She's got a couple of

years to have a crack at that. Didn't she take it on? Really good

to see as well. Look at this under water. You can tell how tired the

swimmers are. Hosszu would generally go further than that. But she's a

little bit tired. And Ustinova snuck this. She was in lane seven. She was

fourth last year at the Olympic Games. She's not bothered about

looking at the screen, just looking at the roof. Ustinova was exhausted.

But she won it. # #s Caldwell was fifth. Here's an

interesting one then, Kathleen Baker goes in four for the USA.

I wonder if we can see big names out of the final, every chance of it

happening. Germany, Steve, how many Germans have you seen so far?

They've been like an endangered species this week. One medal they've

had. Talk about the fall from global dominance. They used to be

brilliant. They swam generally awfully badly, one silver I think. I

think you're going to have one of the Olympic medallists missing out,

maybe two, Hosszu and Caldwell from the previous heat. There's no

slouches in the second semifinal. What a blow that would be. There

would be a riot in here if Hosszu doesn't make it through. Here's the

new world record holder. What can Seebohm do? She keeps coming second,

third, fourth and fifth. She is the defending world champion. That's one

of few titles that she's won. Kathleen Baker, world ranked number

one this year. In good form Kathleen Baker, got a

Silver Medal on the 100 back. This morning she did lead, she looked

strong this morning, only half a second off her best time. The

Americans do generally go quicker through the rounds. Excellent

racers. A shame I think, Lizzie Simmonds isn't here. She's such a

great 200 backstroker. She's going well at the nationals. Yeah, she

certainly is. I think she swam 59. 5 yesterday. That would have got her

in the final here. Wonderful to see her back. With

those kind of times, may well see her in the final. Who knows what she

can do from there. Second semifinal of the women's 200m backstroke.

Seebohm in five, Baker in four, Masse in three.

So maybe expect Masse to go off a little bit faster, the new world

record holder on the 100 backstroke. A decent start, that purple suit,

the black head of Kathleen Baker, the fastest in the world this year,

for the USA. Just look at them all there, all three of them in a line.

No surprise there, they are the top three in the world this year. Baker

turns first. She's got great underwater work. She's won the NCAA,

she won three titles this year. You can't win that in America unless you

are strong off the walls. Those university championships producing

stunning stuff. Just off the world record pace at

the moment. That was set by Missy Franklin. She came back so fast,

amazing. So she's 0. 19 outside that split tomorrow. Masse going with her

in second. Seebohm in third. This is only a semi. They have one job to

do, make the final. They're pushing hard here. They're doing well these

front three. Masse will want to make a statement here. She got gold on

the 100 backstroke. You know, I think Hosszu and Caldwell, the

Olympic medallists from the previous semifinal, they could be safe here,

because the rest of the field is way adrift. What a great race

developing. They're having a right old scrap at the front, head of the

race here. Masse, the Canadian. Look at Baker, she says no. Seebohm wants

some of the action. Seebohm swimming this very well. Let's hope she can

do a similar swim tomorrow night in the final. These three will

certainly make it through. Maybe working harder than they possibly

need. To -- need to. It's good to Yu-Ling Hsieh working. -- good to

see Seebohm working. This is going to be pretty good. It's a fast time.

Wow! So, Emily Seebohm sets a new world fastest time this year to win

the sec semifinal. . There you go, that's a little

better, Emily! Second was the new world record-holder on the 100m

backstroke, Kylie Masse. Kathleen Baker was third.

And that was a much better swim. A much better semi-. I was expecting

more of that, I have to say. Really great start from the guys

there. I have just realised that Seebohm, the swim was so good, it

matched her Commonwealth record time, 20. .581.

Really good from Seebohm. She did well to get the surgeries out of the

way. Look at that still head position. A brilliant technical

stroke there. But she has the experience as well. I would not have

thought she could have beaten these two brilliant backstrokers. We could

well have seen the medallists for tomorrow night.

That will be fascinating. I was expecting to see Hosszu on the

podium. But Seebohm wins it, Masse is second, Baker is third.

It is going to be tight for the qualifiers for the final. Seebohm is

fastest. One, two, three from the second semi. And Regan Smith, a new

world junior record. 15 years of age. A very emotional Regan Smith

has caught up with Sharon Davies. Fantastic swim. A world junior

record. You took it to them today! Oh, my God. This is so good. I'm

having a great time here. Amazing. A fantastic year. Such big

improvements? I didn't perform the way that I wanted to last summer. I

tried to be motivated from that and work as hard as I could this year.

I'm thrilled. It is lovely going in at 15, everybody is scared of you,

you have nothing to lose! I'm trying not to put too much pressure on

myself. Just to have a lot of fun with it. That's what it is all

about. It is very exciting. Fantastic. Good

to speak with you. 15-year-old Regan Smith talking with

Sharon. Yes been talking about the effect that the atmosphere has on

the younger athletes. You can see that everybody can react

differently. It is a bit of a pressure cooker.

She has such great examples on the stage. Katie Ledecky at 15 and a

history of younger guys stepping up to perform. I don't think she fears

anyone as she is in an amazing opportunity. And that will be a

battle it was great to see Emily Seebohm back on form and going in

for tomorrow night's final. Emily Seebohm is with us now. Let's

hear from her. So nice to see you swimming, Emily, it has been a

really challenging time? Yes, it has. I have spoken to you about the

past, so it was nice to get out there and swim freely.

And it must give you quite a lot of confidence? We were watching to see

how it went. I thought it was a quick heat. But then our heat had to

step it up. It couldn't get faster than that. It

was close to your Commonwealth record? Yeah. We'll see tomorrow

night. I'm excited to see what I can do. Have a rest in the morning and

hopefully swim fast. Let's see. Good luck.

Now he is world champion in the 50 fly. We will see in action this

evening in the 50 free. Mark Foster has been talking about the

brilliance of our boy, Ben. In Budapest, all of the talk has been

about Adam Petey. What he has done has been pen foamal. He has done the

double. But cast your mind back. Minutes after Petey stepped out on

to the pool, another Britain was stepping out tonne the blocks. This

was Ben Proud's third championships, he was leaving nothing in the tank.

Blink and you may have missed it. Has he got the finish? I think he

has. He has won the World Championship.

Taking gold by a 0.04 of a second was amazing. In a stacked field that

included Olympic 100m butterfly champion, this was a message, a

signal of intent. Ben's surprise was obvious. This had been the dream

since he was a little boy. And I remember that dream. Was he inspired

by his team-mate? His friend? Almost certainly. Ben's been a talent for a

long time. But how many hundredths of a second is belief worth? He will

take that? Was it the perfect 50 fly? Almost. Now for the 50

freestyle. Can he repeat the trick? Can he become the fastest man on the

planet? Ben says that the 50 butterfly is the one he dreamed of

but the 50 free is the one he trained for. He's the fastest in the

world this year. The at the Rio owe Olympics he missed gold by 0.2 of a

second. But he's a world champion now. So I ask you again, how much is

belief worth? Well, you join us as the American

National Anthem is playing out for Simone Manuel who won the 100m

freestyle. Nice for her to be up on the podium by herself. Last year she

shared it in a joint gold. But this time at the World Championships she

is up there by herself in a thrilling race that saw her nudge

Sarah Sjostrom into second place. Right, Mark Foster, let's talk about

Ben Proud it was your event. You have watched his career closely. You

know him. He is a raw talent. I feel we have spoken about Ben's potential

for a long time. Do you feel this is him announcing himself properly on

the world stage? Very much so. Three years ago he did the double on

the 50 free and the 50 fly and set world-class beating times. But in

the Olympic Games he came fourth and came close to winning a medal and

seeing him here on the 50 fly. It is a race that I swam a lot. A lot can

go wrong if you try to hard it is the person that stays relaxed and

sticks to the race plan, I talk about the perfect race, Monday night

he did his perfect race. But I still think he can go faster. He got

everything right. If he does it again on the 50 free, who knows what

might happen. I could ask you what you make of his

year but earlier, Ben posted the fastest time in the world over the

50 free. Here he is in April. 21.54 is the qualification time and

not the first time we have seen it this week Where the qualification

standard has been the British record but the swimmer in that race is

swimming against his personal best. Look at him go. Straightaway.

Powering through the water. Giving us goose bumps. Ben Proud is coming

through the final ten. He is moving from everybody.

The time will be 21.32! Over two tenths of a second quicker than his

own British record! A proud mum and family up on the screen. Cheering

away! I love the way that his brother and mum clocked the camera

at the end there. Sure they should celebrate. It is a family affair.

But let's talk about Ben's performance. If you post a time like

that with the World Championships on the horizon, how does it affect your

head and physical prepare? You start believing. He has had a big shift

this year. He has had a new coach. It can go one or two ways. He is in

Turkey training with James Gibson, who coached Florian Manadu in 2012

and got an owe Olympic gold and silver. So. He is doing similar

training but changing it slightly. The human body, it gets used to what

you give it. So a little change is a good thing. It has pushed him on. He

has improved over his 50 metres. Every year if I improved 100th of a

second, I would be pleased. So it is that, coupled with belief. And I

think he is standing there thinking he fancies himself in the race! He

is surrounded in terms of team-mates by his friends.

Obviously Ben did the 50m heat. What do you think he can do? Ben is a

quiet person. But when he is in the water, before the race, he can come

into his own. You don't know what to expect of Ben. Before the final 50

flies, you think he could go 22.9, whatever he went but he has a way of

going through the water and beating everybody. So, I'm confident he can

pull something out. But we'll see what we get. Are you hoping Ben gets

the golds so you can get two golds together? 100%. Oh, you think he

will? Yeah, he is a 21 free guy! Becky, when you are an owe Olympic

champion on a team, do you feel a responsibility to share the

confidence and lift everybody a bit like Adam will with Ben? When I

spoke to Adam earlier, he says he feels that but let's everyone do

their thing. Ben is quiet but statement, he is concentrating on

his event. He is very much looking forward to tonight. I thought he

looked tired this morning. So hopefully he can get a good swim in

tonight. With big names and muscles in this

one. The first semi-finals. Caeleb Dressel is the fastest qualifier for

the first semifinal. But the fastest man in the world is in three.

Dressel in four, Proud in three. Nathan Adrian is in two.

And here is Great Britain's Ben Proud. The Commonwealth champion.

The fastest man in the water this year. A Gold Medal on the 50

butterfly. Outstanding. I can't see anyone getting past this

guy, Caeleb Dressel, what a revelation he has been this week.

The starts, Andy. When I see them, I can't get my head

around how he is generating that force? It is not just the leap off

the blocks, you may see it in a second, he has a massive vertical

leap. But he maintains the momentum through the water. The perfect

timing of the first kick. Fantastic underwater work with his legs. He is

a about 0.8th of a metre deep. He then explodes to the surface. A

fantastic start. He will be in the centre. And Nathan Adrian is not

slow. There he goes again. He really leaps high.

He is looking for a super start here. I wonder if he will go all out

here or hold a little bit back? Ben Proud is three from the top in lane

three. Dressel is in four. The first semifinal of the men's 50m

freestyle. This could be the order of the semifinal. Caeleb Dressel, he

has taken a half a metre from the rest of the field. Ben Proud is

going well in lane three. He has a job to do. It looks like it will be

Dressel. He gets it. 21.29. The new fastest man in the water in the

world is Caeleb Dressel of the USA. Second was Morisov. And then third

for Ben Proud. That is good for Ben Proud. Proud

has done the job. Nathan Adrian was fourth.

Caeleb Dressel in on the start. He is getting his hands in 30

centimetres further forward. That is the first step with that big a lead

it is hard for the other guys to catch up. Caeleb Dressel came off it

over the last three to four metres. Look at this, into the wall. Job

done. Pretty comfortable in the end.

16100ths. The margin of the victory. Good for Ben Proud there. He was

21.9 this morning. 21.6 tonight. So the first semifinal tonight.

Amazing, Caeleb Dressel. Morozov. And then Ben Proud for Great

Britain. Nathan Adrian is in a sticky position in fourth. And the

second semifinal. It is not good to pick names but they were quick in

the heats. Fastest for Finland. And Brazil.

Look at that lot. Andy, how good have the Brazilians

been this week?! They've been fantastic. They've medaled in every

single 50 this week. Whatever the secret is, they seem to have it.

They also got a Gold Medal in the women's 50m backstroke.

Silver on the 50m broke stroke. Silver on the 50m fly stroke. And

now Sharon is with Ben Proud. Definitely going in the right

direction, pleased with that one this evening? Yeah, I mean, 50 free

is all about getting through the rounds. I think I've put myself in a

good position. It's not anything like my best time. But considering I

feel like I can go faster tomorrow, and 21. 6 is OK. It's very

consistent. You've been 21. 3 this year, you know you can do this.

After seeing my fly, I'm there. It's all about getting that swim out. I

know it's possible. Getting things together, getting everything right.

Putting the finishing right like I'm supposed to. I can get close to that

time. Tomorrow's the final. Hopefully I make it through and it

will be another good race. Pretty sure you'll make it through. Good

luck tomorrow. Thank you. I'm reasonably confident for Ben

Proud to make the final. The one I'm less so is Nathan Adrian, the big

American. Wouldn't it be something if he didn't make the final. At 6'6"

you don't want to see him upset! Fingers crossed he gets through.

Lane two for Brazil, world record holder here.

McEvoy of Australia. He goes in six. The world junior champion he was

five years ago. He hasn't quite stepped up. He's so talented. The

fastest men in the world in this 50m freestyle. The first semi was very

quick. This is the second. In the centre, the Brazilian, got a Silver

Medal in the men's four by 100 relay. The world record holder in

two is going well. Could Brazil get one, two here? Fratus gets it.

That's the same time Ben Proud got in third place in the first

semifinal. The world record holder went down in fifth position. I

think, you know, that Nathan Adrian is in a bit of trouble here. Because

that was a very tight second semi. It really was. More conventional

semi. No-one really heading the race there. Almost in a straight line.

There's Fratus. Beautiful high elbows. He pulls away in the last

ten metres. Gets his hand on the wall for the victory. Andy,

honestly, could have gone anywhere. Where did it go, to lane four. Job

done. Into the final. He'll be equal third fastest with Ben Proud.

So the finalists for this men's 50 freestyle:

McEvoy not in. Nathan Adrian not in. Dotto not in, wow. Some big chaps

have missed out there. Ben Proud seemed confident in his chat with

Sharon. He seemed more relaxed. You've talked about belief. Sounded

like he had it. Can he go faster tomorrow night? Definitely. We saw

that from the heats, the semi, the final of the 50 fly. His heat this

morning 21. 9, 21. 6, I'm not saying he can drop another 0. 3, but he

can. He's proved in the final he can drag that extra bit out of himself.

When you get adrenaline, it goes one of two ways. Sometimes it's a bit of

fear, other times a bit of excitement. If you use it in the

right way anything's possible for him. Hearing him talk, he is taking

confidence from the fly final earlier in the week. Let's relive

what he did in the semifinal of the 50 free. If you were his coach, what

would you say? Just do much of the same. The difficulty is there's not

much you can change from now until tomorrow apart from rest and get as

much sleep as possible. Just stick to your race plan. Dressel in the

middle there, he just destroys everybody on the start. Everything

he wins by and probably, actually when he gets to the wall, Ben, well

all of them, are coming back towards him. The damage Dressel does is on

the start. The boys mention today in commentary. Half a metre on

everybody at the start. What everybody is doing at the moment is

slow mo-ing his start so they can do the same thing. I think he has an

unbelievable vertical jump and that's just something he's got. Can

he smash that long standing world record? Who, Dressel? No. Not

tonight. Obviously - tomorrow. Unless he's got a time machine. Ben

Proud we'll see in the 50m freestyle final tomorrow night. This evening

we're going to see Ross Murdoch, the European 200m breaststroke champion,

Commonwealth 200m champion, can he do it on a truly global stage? He's

been talking to Nick. What is it about breaststroke at the

moment and Britain? I have no idea. I picked a good time to come in at

it. There's so much depth as well, the breaststroke is getting so, so

tough. We've seen people make teams and miss out in the last couple of

years. Just because there is so many people, just, if you're having a bad

day, someone immediately fills the gap. There's no room for error in

breaststroke in Britain any more. You've got to be on your best on the

day, every day. How important is this year to you? It would be fair

so say last year was a roller coaster. Yeah, last year was a weird

one. I didn't have a great trials and had an amazing European

championships. Then didn't have a great Olympic Games. It was a bit of

a roller coaster for me. Did leave me in quite a bad place post Rio and

it took a long time to recover mentally from that. I'm happy that I

made the world championships. It w important to me to -- it's important

to me to make the team. Ross Murdoch we will see this evening at 6pm in

the final of the 200m breaststroke. Stick around for that. He spoke

about not having the run in to this that he would have wanted. Will that

fire him up for tonight? When he spoke to Sharon after the semifinals

yesterday he sounded so positive and just sounded like he was back loving

the sport, having fun. He seemed in a really good place. Sorry, it got

really loud. He's in a good place after the semifinals. He looked

amazing. Let's look at it again. Plenty of reasons to be positive.

What do you make of his tactics in that? He mentioned it himself,

there's so many ways to swim the race. We've seen Efimova take the

first 100m really slowly and negative split it on the back. What

he does, you saw in the semifinal here, he dominated his semifinal. It

will be interesting come the final when he goes you know what, I'm

going to take this on. As we've seen tonight with Rylov on the backstroke

or do I sit with the others and then try to blow them out down the last

length? It could be a cat-and-mouse scenario. It's the best I've seen

him look since 2014, the last three years, when he went number one in

the world. The semifinal was really spread out. Lane four, lane seven.

Tonight, he is right in that mix. I think it's going to be who can get

their hand on the wall first. There'll be a lot of tactics. I

think Ross looks in great shape. Ross has shown in the past, he can

step up on a world stage. He can do it. We've seen him under big

pressure being able to perform. It's one of these things for him, as

well, we've seen him trying to cover the 100 and the 200, his event is

the 200. If you look at his stroke now on the 200, it looks perfect. We

could talk for an hour about team tactics and qualification and why he

maybe hasn't had the opportunity to do the 200 breaststroke in the past,

but that's irrelevant now. This is his opportunity. This is his chance

to take it and make it his own. Yeah, and the thing is he practises

back home because of the depth that we have in British swimming over the

breaststroke, with the women included, so much depth, these guys

are having to swim fast at trials, where some of our events, you're

seeing they're not swimming as fast and then they struggle on the world

stage. Because breaststroke is so good, they're used to the pressure.

Otherwise you don't make a team. So many good British breaststrokers in

the men's event but also a real depth in field when it comes to the

women's event in the equivalent race for the women's 200m breaststroke we

see Molly Renshaw. It's a younger squad now. It's good to have new

people on the team. We knew it would be fresh faces after Rio. How tough

is it to keep pushing yourself to the top of sport at the moment with

so much talent there? I think it's kept me on my toes and this year, I

was I guess it keeps me training hard because I know I can't get

comfortable with what I'm doing. There's always people coming

through. That gets me through the graft every day knowing that people

are coming. What is the target for Budapest? I'd love to be dipping

under 2. 22; hopefully that will get me on the podium. She clearly knows

what she needs to do to get amongst the medals. Can she do it? She's

more than capable of it. I don't know whether it will happen quite

tonight. She's in lane one, which is a hard place to be. Efimova, who I

think is comfortable to say that she probably will win it, she even

splits it. She will go out slow and come back. Last night, I thought

Molly started really well and looked really smooth the first 200 and then

tightened in the last 200m. In this event you need to be good down the

last 50. You know Efimova is coming if she's not already in the lead.

It's good being in lane one, though. She won't get carried away with

anything going on here. You don't know what Efimova is going to do. If

you were swimming next to Efimova, it is so misleading. Look at what

what haed last night. -- what happened last night. You think, oh,

well - You'd think she was gone. She's in lane seven in the pink hat.

Nowhere near the front of the pack. Look what happens. She even splits

it. You've got to remember the first 200 metres has a dive. She sticks to

her own tactics. Everyone has their own tactics. You've got to stick to

your race plan. If Molly does that she's more than capable. She's been

a it. 22 low. She is -- a 2. 22 low. She needs to stick to her plan,

block everything out and concentrate on her lane and doing her own thing.

I don't think Efimova will do that tonight in this final and ease back

that much. She can't afford to give too much away come the final. She's

got more in the tank. I think she will probably sit with the others

and blow them away. She's in a comfortable position where she could

probably do any race and win it. I don't think she'll leave it to

chance. Molly, if she sticks with Smith, or those two have their own

race, and forgets about anyone, she has clear water on her side. No-one

else is putting her off so there's a shout. There's a shout of a medal.

Efimova just from the world rankings this year is two seconds ahead of

the rest of the field. Have you to forget her a bit. A bit like with

Ledecky. If Molly does, that I think she's got great experience and she's

capable. Good luck Molly. She goes now in the women's 200m breaststroke

final. So Yuliya Efimova is the fastest

qualifier, she was the world champion two world championships ago

in 2013. I'm not sure we've seen the best of her yet. She nearly broke

the world record earlier this year. Maybe she could do it here, would be

fascinating to see how she goes. Next to her is Bethany Galat of the

USA, her first major Championship. She set a lifetime best to get into

this final. She's qualified second fastest. She's right next to Yuliya

Efimova. Here is Efimova. Well, Steve, she drove us nuts in the

semifinal. Yeah, as Becky alluded to, she outsplits the rest of the

field by over a second and outsplits Lilly King by two seconds. Lilly

King will be in eight. She's out of the way. She can swim her own race.

Efimova right in the middle. All the way through these breaststroke

events have been dubbed a show down between King and Efimova. Last

night, King was not at the races. She looked terrible. She nearly

missed the final. She only just made it.

Molly Renshaw is in lane one for Great Britain.

This is going to be really hard to follow. Lane eight Lilly King. Lane

one Molly Renshaw, Great Britain. Efimova, right in the centre in

four. Women's 200m breaststroke final. We saw Yuliya Efimova split

1. 10 at the 1 #4u7b metres in the semifinal. -- 100 metres in the

semifinal. She came back and wasn't actually that far off the world

record at the end. Look at this, King is going for it again. Bottom

of your screen there. She won the 100m. Set a world record. We know

that she's got easy speed. Maybe she's convinced that the way to beat

Efimova here is to go out hard and hold on. That can be a very, very

painful way of doing. It look at that, she's under world record pace.

Efimova in the middle there, going out faster than she did last night.

She is and on the right side of that shot is Great Britain's Molly

Renshaw. She's going well down this first 75 metres. She's picked it up

pretty well. McKeon is going well in the yellow hat of Australia, two

from the right. Look at this, Lilly King, well, she was the American

collegiate champion. In that she got the gold. The silver went to lane

two, Kierra Smith of can da. -- Canada. Efimova's looking dangerous

here. She's two seconds quicker than in the semifinal. I've got my eyes

on the top of the screen there. Molly Renshaw, she's the model of

smooth and efficient breaststroke swimming. She's going to need her

Sunday best here in order to get down in those medal positions. She's

been 2. 22. Let's hope she can do it here.

Psych Fwlb Yuliya Efimova is starting to

wind this up. This is interesting. She comes back fast down the last

50. Do you think this is on, Steve? She came back in 35 seconds

yesterday. If she does it here, she will smash the world record. And

also, Molly Renshaw on course for a minor record.

Can she break this world record? It was set a long time ago in the

Barcelona championships by Pedersen. The time is just outside. The gold

is clear to eof of Russia, the silver to the rookie, Bethany Galat

of the USA, and the bronze to Shi of China. Didn't expect that. Molly

Renshaw finishing in a pretty decent position in the end, sixth.

Well, Yuliya Efimova destroyed the field there. Unfortunately for her

she missed out on the world record but she took the rest of the field

apart, didn't she. She doesn't look that bothered. A little bit of a

smile. I think she had the world record in mind.

She has gone 19.8 in season, she has gone two seconds faster than in

training. Interesting. But she can do these times all the

way through the season. A beautiful stroke. Yuliya Efimova has her

critics but there is no doubt she has a beautiful stroke. A great take

off the wall there as well. She has the stamina to bring it through at

the end. She always does it. She does, in which case, why does

she not go quicker at the start?! Steve, tell her! She has to go

faster down the first 100. 68 is not quick enough to break the world

record. Yulia, come on. She got a bronze the last time.

Shi, of China, sorry, got a bronze. So, Yuliya Efimova just outside of

the world record. She takes the gold. Bethany Galat the silver medal

and shy shy shy of China, the bronze medal.

There she is. A controversial character, she failed a drug's test

going into the owe Olympics. She was in, appealed, out, backwards and

forwards for a long time. She was in the Olympics. She is here at the

World Championships, taking that title. How will it go down with the

other women in the field? To be fair, I saw her hugging her other

competitors, which in the 100m didn't happen. Lilly King did not

want to shake her hand. I saw the other athletes have congratulated

her, so they have put it aside. Let's hear from Molly Renshaw. She

is with Sharron now. Molly, you said it would take a high

21. You were spot on. I knew that I had to get out there

quickly and be strong and hold on. I am back to get down under 22. It is

something that I wanted to achieve. It would have been great to get a PB

A on the podium. But I'm still happy with that.

You are more consistent these days? Being with the team, I have had the

chance to learn a lot and get the experience. Now I'm enjoying racing

in the finals. What can we expect from you?

Hopefully at the Commonwealth Games I can get on the podium.

You have great depth in the break stroke. It helps to motivate people

at home? It definitely keeps you on your t oes. There are people coming

through all the time. I can never slack off in training. It is hard

enough to make the team, never mind getting to the final.

It has been like that with the men's traditionally but now in the women's

too? Yes, definitely. The women were behind but now so many contenders

are in the top ten in the world. So it is very tough but it's

challenging. Commiserations to Molly Renshaw.

Next up is the men's 100m butterfly. In the 2 hundreds it was fiercely

fought between Laszlo Cseh and Salman last last Chad Chad.

-- Chad. If you know Laszlo Cseh, if it was

not for Michael Phelps, this would be one of the greatest swimmers of

all time. He would be top two.

Michael, it is crazy that the last race it was the three of us on the

podium together. It was a great way to end, I guess.

And who would have thought it with these three guys. Three of the

medalsists last year. Chad le Clos and of course, Michael

Phelps. This is the slower of the two

semi-finals. Gold and two silvers are in this.

And killer, Dressel is in the second semifinal right next to James Guy of

Great Britain. Who would have thought it? ? ! So Cseh in two.

Clos is in three. Well, there is a little bit of

snatching there in the middle of the lanes.

The strokes don't like so smooth for Clos.

Matteriness is going well. When will Chad le Clos and Laszlo

Cseh start to make a move? Matteriness was up and swimming four

or five strokes before everybody else. There has been chatter about

breaking Michael Phelps' world record. Let's check it. It is 49.82.

This will be interesting. 49.82. 50.08 from Schooling. A decent swim

from him Schooling wins the first semifinal. Second was Laszlo Cseh

and gracious me, Chad le Clos will not make the final.

If you are Chad le Clos, you are on the wrong side of the numbers. Last

last was storming down like a freight train.

I can see Chad le Clos holding his head, thinking what has he done. I

think he was trying to play tack,and he has mucked it up royalally to be

polite. That is Schooling.

And Bert le Clos, he is not happy. Schooling, if he gets that right

technically, he will do well. But the owe Olympic champion does not

look a patch. And poor Chad le Clos, too right, a shake of the head. So

the first semifinal. A bit of a shock, Schooling wins, that is not a

surprise but Chad le Clos, he will not make the final. I'm sure about

that. Those guys are smiling. And no wonder.

So the second semifinal. And look there, the new superstar, Caeleb

Dressel in four. He almost broke the world record. I wonder if he can do

it here. Right nation next to James Guy.

I think this one I don't have the pressure on me. In that aspect it is

getting in the PB s. Are you feeling like the James Guy of 2015? I do.

Doing this two years ago, the same set, my times are faster than that.

It is there. A storm is coming.

Well, let's hope that the storm does come in this, the semifinal. He set

a new British record, James Guy to qualify for the semifinal. He is in

the men's 4x400m this evening. But this guy, Mehdy Metella, what a

beast he is. So strong. He is better known for the 100 fly

in the past. This guy is interesting, Kristov

Milak. Well, the storm is coming. Let's hope so. James Guy in five.

The new British record-holder. He is right next to an ab-Hewitt

sensation, Caeleb Dressel. Well he starts as fast as the starting gun.

50708 for his 100m butterfly. The world record set with the shiny

suits that have now been banned. Well, a lot of people in swimming

believe that Michael Phelps world record was unbreakable, the one that

no-one would ever get. People criticised Dressel, thinking that

the freestyle and the 100 butterfly double was not able to do. But he

has left everyone eating their words.

There is Dressel and his starts and his turns are something to be hold.

I think there is a lot of video recorders on slow motion focussing

is His vertical jump is phenomenal.

James Guy, I think he broke an 8-year-old Michael Rock 100m

butterfly record. So he is really up for it. And he has put his name in

the conversation for a medal. But he has to do it here.

He has to go sub-51. It would be great to see him doing that. All

eyes in this pool will be on Caeleb Dressel in four. Can he go sub-50?

Can he break Michael Phelps' world record? I can't believe I'm saying

that. And Dressel is in the centre. There

he is. He is almost a metre ahead. Xraurt.

Let's use this fella next to you. Get on his shoulder, James and get

in the final tomorrow night. This guy is known formidle distax but he

loves the big events. He is taking on Dressel. Look at the time, a

tenth of a second under Michael Phelps' world record.

And faster than in the heats this morning. He was outside of world

record. James Guy is having a go at it! Mehdy Metella of France is going

well. So the world record is 49.82. Oh, just outside! 50.06 for Dressel.

James Guy 50.67. He is second. A massive new British record. That is

quite outstanding! Wow! Third was Milak of Hungary.

50.6! Yes, Jimmy. Well done. He's done it. 5076. He is faster than the

reigning Olympic champion. And he was not scared at all of Dressel. He

took him on down the first 50. How pumped up will he be for the 4x200m

later. He will be full of confidence for that 4x200m. Well off the blocks

as well. Well, we are leaping and jumping

around in the commentary box! How coal was Dressel? There is the turn.

A quick turn around. The elbow comes around so fast. I'll play that again

in slow motion. That was so beautiful to watch.

I can't get my breath around James Guy. This is a fella that one the

400 freestyle. He is showing such class, Dressel and Guy.

So there is confirmation of the second semifinal. Dressel wins it.

James Guy, a new British record. A new world junior for Milak.

Records all over the place! Let's have a look at the qualifiers for

the final. James Guy will be in the centre lane. Look at that. Dressel

is fastest. Guy second fasters into the 100 fly final. Schooling is in

there, Cseh is in there, and Metella. This is brilliant. Chad le

Clos, 12th. Oh, dear. Sharroon is talking to Chad le Clos.

Rib rattly slower? I have no words -- deliberately slower? I have no

words. You can't take it for granted. I paid the price I guess.

Absolutely. Thank you for stopping. COMMENTATOR: Absolutely brilliant at

the moment. In about 15 minutes you will see

that man, Ross Murdoch in the 200m breaststroke final. Let's talk about

James Guy, how big was that swim? That was the ninth fastest ever time

let alone a huge British record. I hope he's left something for the

relay later on. We don't see James doing fly that often. He rocks up

and does it. He would have won a medal in the world championships, in

the Olympics, second. Becky says he breathes every stroke, it looks a

bit strange. But the great Michael Phelps breathed every stroke. He has

a good rhythm, good timing. You know he's not going to fade. We also know

that James Guy is a young man who builds, he loves the confidence. He

loves the showmanship. He's brilliant for the sport in terms of

what he can do. That will give him a lot of confidence for the relay and

whether they can defend that title later on. The men's four by 200

later on. Now the women's 50m fly semifinals, featuring Sarah

Sjostrom, who I'm sure, has a point to prove.

We will see Sarah in the second semi-. This is the first one. Three,

four and five are the fastest swimmers in the world. Osmond of

Egypt, Schmidtke in Germany. The first semifinal of the women's

50 fly, Worrell of the USA. Good start at the top De Ward of the

Netherlands. In six is Henique of France. It will be on the touch

here. Heads are down. Who is going to hit the finish well. It was in

the centre, Worrell. She wound it up well. She was fourth or fifth

position with about 15 metres to go. Worrell wins it. Second was Henique,

third Oleksiak. It was like watching my washing in

the washing machine there, all I could see was water. It was close at

the end. Worrell got off the blocks well there. She got a bronze in the

100 fly. Expected her to come through at the end. Beautiful stream

lining under water. Look at that. You can't tell who's where and

what's what. Unlucky the Henique from France. She got touched out

there. You have got to get your hand into the wall. Apply a certain

amount of pressure to make sure that it registers. Worrell wins the first

semifinal of the women's 50 fly. Henique second, Oleksiak third.

Close right down to seventh. Amazingly close.

She will be spitting Sjostrom, she will be thinking how have I got half

a second earlier in the week. That should have been her easiest Gold

Medal. She will want to get in here and sort things out. What do you do?

You just had a great opportunity to be world champion on an event you've

never been world champion before. You go half a second off the time

you did a couple of days ago and lose the touch. What do you do now a

couple of races later? You've got to forget it ever happened. Think it

was a nightmare and you're going to wake up. If she can't win this, I'll

eat my shorts. She is the world record holder on a man's time of 24.

4 seconds. I mean, she should be, by rights, a second ahead of anyone

else in the field. I'm going to replay that in a second. Steve will

eat his shorts if Sarah Sjostrom does not win this. Kromowidjojo won

in London 2012. World Championship bronze medal on this the 50 fly.

Ikee from Japan, the 17-year-old. Japan had an interesting meet here.

Right next to her is Sarah Sjostrom. She won a gold on the 100 fly, let

off in the wonderful world record 100 freestyle. I'm wondering if the

sprint events are her events here. The 100 fly wasn't that great. 100

free well, that wasn't that great. The 50, I wonder whether this is it.

She was talking really well about that 50 freestyle. She's by far the

fastest in the world on the 50 fly. The rest of the world better watch

out. She will have her angry pants on now. She doesn't do silver. She

could have finished this meet with four gold medals. I don't think any

lady outside of America has ever done that.

Second semifinal of the women's 50m butterfly. The word record holder

Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden is in lane four. She swims a different stroke

to the rest of the world when she's really rocking on this 50 fly.

Kromowidjojo the best starter though. Three from the right there.

That really was a very good start indeed. Sarah Sjostrom often takes a

bit of time to get into it. Such a fast turnover though. The yellow hat

of Sweden in the centre. She's so strong and powerful. Head down, not

breathed yet. Still not breathed. Into the last five, no breather and

she wins. Your shorts are safe, Steve. I thought I was going to have

to take them off then! I was getting worried. So was I! This is so

pedestrian for her though. I think probably had the stuffing knocked

out of her. Kromowidjojo, what a blistering start she had. Sarah

Sjostrom she really doesn't look herself there. She's had a bad day

at the office this afternoon. She'll have to go home and get her head on

to make sure she can secure this 50m butterfly title tomorrow night. Look

at that, at the end, such power. When you have such a long reach that

can help come the end of the race, especially if you're being

efficient. As expected Sarah Sjostrom winning the second

semifinal. She will be fastest in the final. So the qualifiers, well

it was very close indeed. That's going to be a very fast

final. Can you see past Sarah Sjostrom? Look at that. Barratt of

Australia missing out. Sarah Sjostrom's standards are so high and

her record is so impeccable, can you say that's a bad day at the office?

Yeah, no, she just needs to make it through to the final. I think it's

bad day at the office on the 100 free. She got things completely

wrong. She dominated that and was nearly a second faster on that.

Let's turn our attention to Ross Murdoch and the 200m breaststroke.

How do you rate his chances coming into this. He's talked about a

couple of difficult years. Is he back to his best? I think so. This

meet in the semifinals is the first time he's posted 2. 07 since 2014.

It has been three years, so it's good to see him down there. Ross is

good of going through the heats, the yep mys and moving things on.

Tonight will be about him swimming his own race, as we spoke about all

week, staying relaxed and doing your own thing. If Ross does that, I

think he's in a great shout for a medal. He looked relaxed, very happy

after the semi last night. He did. I think the thing is it's all gone to

plan for him. His stroke looks really good. He's in full control of

his stroke. It's one of these things with this final, who is going to go

first and show their hand. We've both said it, 200 is his event. Not

the 100. Concentrate on this and it's going to be super exciting.

Super excited for the boy from Stirling.

What a final this is. Watanabe the world record holder is in five for

Japan. There he is, Ross. The Commonwealth champion and record

holder. That Commonwealth record he set when he won the Commonwealth

Games in Glasgow and what a brilliant 200m breaststroke that

was. It's going to be tight, though. Because this guy is fastest in

history. Yeah Watanabe 20 years of age. I think he's a bit of a, well,

not to put too fine of a point on it, he's a bit of a bottler. He

didn't get a medal in the final. Chupkov, this guy got bronze.

Balandin he bombed out yesterday and the guy who got silver last year at

the Olympics didn't even make the US team. He's the only Olympic

medallist in the field from last year. Arguably he will be the

favourite. Out of all, that I think the answer is Murdoch's got a chance

here. Certainly a chance of a medal. There's a lot of breaststroke got to

be swum between now and those medals being given out. Watanabe in five

has to start as the favourite. Broke the world record in January this

year. Chupkov set a fast time to set a new European record in the

semifinals. That's lanes five and four. Three is Murdoch. The

silver-medallist from two years ago at the world championships in two,

can he step up from silver to gold? I like Ross Murdoch's demeanor here.

He's just being chilled, getting his kit off there. Finished listening to

his music. He's not even stepping up. That will annoy the field. He

did this yesterday as well. Great ambassador for Scottish swimming.

Can he do it? Again, the necklace, I have to say, I question that. Shave

down and then keep your necklace on, very strange.

The final of the men's 200m breaststroke at the world

championships. Chupkov of Russia, the fastest seed into this final.

He's had a decent start. Not the greatest start for Great Britain's

Ross Murdoch. There's time for him to work his way back into this. He's

next to Kevin Cordes. He's just won a hatful of NCAA titles. He's a

great racer. Taking the early pace on from Japan, he's third fastest in

the world this year. He can handle this pace. He is taking this by the

scruff of the neck. He's taking his countryman with him, next to him,

the two Japanese here doing a great job down the first 75 metres. I

think they may need to. Because Chupkov swam a very comfortable

first 100, wound it into the third length and then really brought it

home on the fourth. At the moment, the two Japanese pushing it, pushing

the pace. Koseki in six. Watanabe in five. Koseki is the first to turn.

He is quite a way ahead. A third of a second. Koseki first. Watanabe

second. Third, well, it's pretty much of a muchness. Now Ross Murdoch

has got to go. He's three from the top here. I'm liking the look of

this. They're under world record pace. Will that tell later

down-the-line? Will the Japanese guy be able to dole with it. We know --

deal with it. We know Chupkov was the fastest last night. Murdoch is

well positioned. He's stalking these top three now. Come on Ross Murdoch.

You have to believe at this stage it's possible. Andy, he's worked his

way in here to third medal place. Now he's got to drop the hammer.

Come on, Ross. He's three from the right-hand side there. He's in a

decent position. That pink leg of the suit of Chupkov, the new

European record, one lane closer to us. This will be tight. Still

hanging on are the two Japanese. In six and five, Koseki and Watanabe.

The charge now from Chupkov in four of Russia. The charge really is

going from Chupkov. In the last 25 he's really stolen it. It's gold to

Russia. The silver Goce gone to Koseki. -- gone to Koseki. The

bronze to Watanabe. Ross Murdoch just in fourth. Fourth, that hurts

so much. Ross Murdoch just missed out there. Creeping to 2. 08

territory in the final. He won't be made up with that. He went 2. 07

last night. Chupkov there, unconventional swimming with his

jewellery on. Maybe that FAed will take off because -- fad will take

off because he was outstanding down the last length. Split 3 2 seconds

on the last length. The tactics, pacing was perfect from Chupkov. A

new Championship record and a new European record, a new world

champion. Huge commiserations to Ross Murdoch,

who finishes fourth there. We'll have loads of reaction and hopefully

hear from Ross over on the red button. So if you want to continue

watching live action from the world championships here in Budapest, then

you need to press your red button now. We'll have the men's four by

200 relay where the British boys look to defend their world title.

See you on the red button and live swimming continues here on BBC Two

tomorrow from 5pm. See you then.