Day 7 - Part 1 Swimming: World Championships

Has he got the Finnish? I think he has! He has won the world

Championship! He has certainly made us proud of

this week. Can he turn this evening into a joyful one? Fingers crossed.

After six days of competition in Budapest, Britain sit second on the

medal table with four gold medals. There are more opportunities for

Brits to get on the medal table this evening. Here's what you have to

look forward to. He has already proved he is a pretty fly guy. Can

Big Ben do it again? He is our guy going for gold in the 100 fly. It is

James Guy. And Katie Ledecky is looking for her 14th world title.

First up, it is brilliant Ben Proud, aiming to be the fastest man on the

planet through water. Fingers crossed, good love. It is the men's

50 metres freestyle final. The start of the final of the men's

50 metres freestyle. The new sensation, Caeleb Remel Dressel in

four. Ben Proud in three. Proud was the world champion in the 50 metres

butterfly. Can he be the fastest human being in water? Look at his

fellow. 20 years of age. He has already won so far this week. 100

metres freestyle and to relays. He has a chance to win more medals

tonight. That is Ben Proud. The big favourite, Dressel, in four. The

final of the men's 50 metres freestyle. A very good start yet

again for Dressler of the US A. -- Dressel of the USA. He is not having

it all his own way. Frater Zin in six is going very well. It looks

like it may be Dressel. It is gold to the USA. Silver to the Brazilian

and I can tell you the wonderful news is that Ben Proud of Great

Britain has got a bronze medal. Wonderful news! 21.4 three. Just

outside of his lifetime best. He has added bronze on this 50 metres

freestyle to the gold he won in the 50 metres fly. Well done, Ben Proud.

That is a great swim. It is his finish which got the medal. Well

done Ben Proud. But Dressel starts so well. When he is in the water, he

never relinquishes the advantage. It is absolutely brilliant to see.

These starts are superb. Look at this. Brilliant underwater. It is

the momentum he gets off the start. He bursts forward. Amazing. Yeah.

His swimming doesn't let him down either! Unconventional stroke. Look

at the advantage. The Brazilian in six did challenge. He was actually

swimming faster than Dressel. Look what it means to him. He has got his

hands full. He has to return in 30 minutes to do the 100 fly. He's

going to this -- straight down to swim down. Dressel wins gold. A

brilliant swim. A new American win. Ben Proud gets the bronze for Great

Britain. He is now talking to Sharon. Many

congratulations. The second medal of the week. It has been your week,

hasn't it? Yeah. The 50 freestyle is the event to be battling in. I

thought that was a fast race. Between me and fifth there was

almost nothing. I was nice and calm going into the race. 21.1, that is

most unbeatable. That is what I am looking to try and do. He is a

special swimmer, Caleb. It was great. The only thing that needs a

bit of work is the dive. You can pinpoint that and not give so much

away at the start, maybe? Yes. I used to pride myself on my first 50

metres. It is a confidence booster. I know I can push myself to go as

fast as him. That will be something I go back to next year. I knew he

was going to be away at the start. That is why I didn't let it upset

me. I felt it was a bloody good race. It is the second fastest I

have ever been. To do it in the final, and happy. We are as well.

Many congratulations. Congratulations from us as well.

Bronze medal in the 50 metres freestyle. I don't want to sound

like a broken record, but what would you say if he was here? First of

all, congratulations. It was fantastic. Start believing a little

bit more. There has been a huge shift, winning the 50 metres fly and

backing it up there. Dressel is in a league of his own. It is not too

easy to work on you start but he has still got some things to work on. He

has had a fantastic week. You Not good. Two weeks -- years ago the

British boys pinched the 4x200 metres relay from the Americans.

Last year at the Olympics the Americans took the top spot back.

Last night in Budapest, the stage was set for an epic battle with the

Russians going in fastest on paper. We join the race with the British

boys in lane five. Team USA coming into this halfway

mark of this freestyle relay and they have got a decent lead. USA in

one, Russia two. A typed takeover from Great Britain. We came in

fourth position. Getting closer to the Aussies in third. Great split by

Nick Grainger. Duncan Scott wasn't messing around. He has only given at

nine 100th of a second on the takeover. If you are going to give

yourself a chance of defending the world title, you have to go for that

takeover. It is a skill the Americans have always been good at.

The Russians are really doing well. They are doing well. If we are going

to get the gold medal, we have to go in pretty even with Russia. Russia

in second in lane three. Way out in front at the moment is USA. USA

first, second is Russia. Third is Great Britain. That is James Guy. He

is looking good. Excuse me, it is not James Guy. It is Duncan Scott.

He has got some work to do. We need him to be about it coming into the

final leg. The USA at the top going very well. Russia second. Duncan

Scott in third position. Come on, Duncan. Let's make sure James Guy is

within a second. He is doing a fantastic job. Just look how he's

coming back. I fancy James Guy to do the job if he can go in within one

second of the Russians. This would be a fantastic battle. The final

guide for Russia got the bronze. James Guy was fifth. This is very

tight. The final leg of the relay. The USA go in first. Very tight

indeed for Russia and Great Britain. The bronze medallist Russia and

James Guy for Britain. That head-to-head will be fascinating.

They are starting to catch the American already. I have had to

check my computer. Duncan Scott went really fast. One of the best in the

world. Look at the job James Guy is doing on the American. He has given

us the lead. Surely the race can't be over already. James Guy looking

good. He has gone out very fast. Has he gone too fast? He has taken about

a metre and a half off the Russian. Great Britain are the world

champions in this relay. This is very, very exciting. Has James Guy

gone off too quick? The Russian will come back at him. James Guy looking

good. He is not going to give this up, Shirley? This is where he needs

to dig deep. This is where it starts to hurt. It is not about the

physical ability at this point, it is about his heart. He has a big

one. He can bring this home for Britain. But the Russians are going

to be bearing down on him. James Guy is a 200 specialist. He was the

world champion in the 200. He is a 400 specialist. He is going

fantastically well. Great Britain looked like they may defend this

title. It is a world title, Great Britain won it in Russia two years

ago. They are the world champions again. What a brilliant swim.

Stephen Milne lead them off. Nick Grainger was second, Duncan Scott

was third and James Guy brought them home. World champions. Absolutely

outstanding. That kid has just gone one minute and 43 seconds. It is

faster than the individual. Jimmy guy doesn't lose when he is

confident. Look what it means to him. Well done, Great Britain.

Champions of the word for the second time in a row.

Congratulations. What an absolutely fantastic swim. You defended that

title. What a great swim by all of us. I... Tonight was just about

getting back, having a good time with the boys. We are world

champions. We have got the title back. You entered in 49.8 in the

first 100. No Howay! That is all right, isn't it? I was shifting. I

was telling towards the back and a little bit. I kept saying, hold the

gap. We won. Amazing. Duncan, a 44 split for you. You have had a busy

week. Definitely. Things have kept going. It is a new day with the four

by two guys. It was fun because of the energy they bring to it. You

didn't have to automatically go out fast. You had to bring it back to

help us in the race and try not to let the adrenaline get the better of

you. Everybody did their best. Everybody did well. That is why we

are on top of the podium. There they are, taking the top spot.

World champions. Stephen Milne, lit Nick Grainger, Duncan Scott and

James Guy. A mention for: Jarvis, who swam in the heats to get the

boys into the final. What a night. We were here, but watching that

back, even I was getting nervous. I was thinking, James, what have you

done? The first two legs we were coming from behind. We were getting

very nervous. We were like, have they made the right decision? Credit

to Duncan Scott. I know James Guy's split was seriously impressive but

Duncan Scott's split was equally impressive. He has had such a busy

week. Credit to the guys. They found their own race, tactically they swim

it perfectly. Great night for Nick Grainger. He swam in the morning. He

has told quite a lot about how it has been a motivation to get him on

the podium? It is so important that we have a team of guys we can rest.

James, he had a heat in the morning in the fly... He is resting for the

evening. -- he needed resting. James Guy had fun in the pool last night.

Let's hope he will be doing that wobbly walk again this evening. I

will hand you over to the commentators, Andy, speed -- Steve

and a very special guest. Dressel goes in lane four. What a

final this is. Being introduced to the crowd is the second and the

fastest Hungarian. Hungary in three. It comes James Guy. Lane five. A new

British record. He is -- he set to qualify for this final.

Outside of him is Joseph Schooling. The fastest swim in the world, they

banned the rubber suits, so those times don't really count any more.

Chad le Clos is sitting between me and Stephen Perry. He is the world

record holder. Big honour to be here. I think it is going to be

tight. I think he will go 49, for sure. I think it is going to be

close. Not a lot between 49.22 and 50. What are you thinking? I am

thinking that Chad le Clos should not be sitting next to me, he should

be in the water, going for the medal. But I won't make you cry.

That's my dad's job! The context, we thought Michael Phelps's world

record was unbreakable at 49.8. It was a big surprise that Caeleb

Dressel when so close in the heats. It could potentially work against

him here. One thing is for sure, with James Guy and Schooling next to

him, it will be one heck of a race. I'm very excited, I think it will be

close. Schooling has been talking about breaking the world record. He

is the world champion. James Guy is in lane five. Dressel must start as

the favourite in lane four. The starts of Caeleb Dressel have been

absolutely extraordinary. Let's watch this one in four. He needs a

good start if he is going to break the world record. James Guy in five.

Going to be a tight race. Caeleb is favourite. But James Guy, and Laszlo

as well. 23.3, just outside that. Still underneath Michael Phelps's

world record splits. What does he have to do down the second 50? Looks

like he is right on pace. Jimmy guy in a good position. James Guy is

actually challenging Dressel. In the blackout, closer to us. -- the Black

hat. Dressel at the 100 metres butterfly. 49.80 six. Just outside

the world record. The world record of Michael Phelps, 49.80 two. The

silver has gone to Milak of Hungary. James Guy has got a bronze! He is

tied with Joseph Schooling. Goodness me, hate -- a tie for bronze. Caeleb

Dressel, what a fantastic swim. He was a fingernail away from breaking

Michael Phelps's world record. He has done that only 30 minutes after

winning the 50 metres freestyle. Caeleb Dressel, what a superstar

this kid is, at 20. The bad news is, if you had done the time that you

had done last year at the Olympics, you would be up there. But you have

to be happy for James Guy. The first guy to win a medal at the worlds

since this fellow, Andrew Jamieson. I'm very happy for him. I would have

loved to have been in the final challenging. 49.8 is exceptional.

What does he do? He's got a great technique. The start is

unbelievable. His final ten metres is really phenomenal. When everybody

seems to be catching him come he pulls away. It doesn't look like he

is pulling away, but he does. Look at his finish, look at him colliding

in. That would have been the world record, if he had finished on a full

stroke? Yes, and James Guy getting the bronze with Joseph Schooling. A

17-year-old getting 50.6, that is a standing ovation, unbelievable.

There are the US coaches, looking at the world record. I can't believe

I've just seen 49.86, the second fastest time in history. Caeleb

Dressel wins gold in the 100 metres butterfly, to add to the gold he won

at the freestyle. A silver to Milak of Hungary. James Guy get a

wonderful bronze, tied with Joseph Schooling of Singapore.

Two medals for Jimmy Guy in two days, adding to the gold in the

relay. Jimmy Guy has a bronze medal from the championships in his

cabinet. What a race? James is talking to Sharon now.

James, congratulations. A fantastic swim. What were you thinking at the

end of the race? You were almost talking to yourself. Was it to do

with the finish? I was worried about your finish. I didn't get it quite

right, the finish. Caeleb got really fast, I try to go with him. But my

finish was terrible. That is something to work on. Feared in the

100 fly, I said after the freestyle, third is great to finish on. What do

you do when you go home from this meet, do you think you are going to

mess about with the 200 butterfly? Long-term, I'm thinking more fly, it

is their, the strength is there. I've got speed and that.

Commonwealth Games, next year. And we have the medley relay coming up,

we will see you again back in the water. Excited about that? Of

course, it will be great between us, the Americans and Chinese. Well

done. That was quite extraordinary. I'm

sitting next to Chad le Clos. We have just seen the gold medal go to

Caeleb Dressel of the USA. The style he did it in, from the start, he

took off? I never thought it would come so quickly. Only a couple of

years since breaking that. I would have loved to have been in the

final. My own mistakes were there in the semifinals. That was

exceptionally fast. 50 points, down to seventh place. I was eighth in

the final this year. I'm excited now about James Guy against you. I think

he has just gone right down to your PDA. Commonwealth Games next year, a

big head to head? Jimbo is my mate. I said, just go

for it. He has been telling me for about seven months, I am confident

in the 200 fly. I said, stick to the 400. We have some history as well.

This old goat was the last guy for Great Britain to get a medal at the

World Championships. He's done a good job. He's not done too bad.

Let's talk a second about Caeleb Dressel. No human being has ever

come to a World Championships or Olympic Games and won three gold

medals in one session. He just won the 50 three, can he do the fly? The

mistake he made was the 50 fly. He has had an amazing week in the meet.

I can't wait to meeting in 2020, alongside James. We are looking

forward to Dressel against Chad le Clos in the 100, and certainly

against James in the 100. We have talked a lot about James

Guy's character, about how he loves racing. I think he's looked around

and looked at who are the best characters, I want to get in their

race. Why not? He can compete with them. I was

surprised when he said he was going to drop the free. It was an

incredible race, I'm glad he got onto the podium. Right idea, to drop

the 400 free and concentrate on fly? He's got a lot of events, the world

in the butterfly, and he has gone to the 200 fly, and he has three solid

events. A medal for James Guy. But we already had one in the pool

courtesy of Ben Proud. How proud are you? Immensely proud. The

presentation taking place. He did an amazing job. 21.3 earlier in the

year, he would not have got a silver or gold medal, it wouldn't have

taken further. I know people say he has given away too much on the

start, the rest of the world are behind Caeleb Dressel on the start.

He is phenomenal. He is the new face of world swimming. Getting that

close and getting so much more consistent is brilliant. You are

telling Ben to believe, I'm going to tell you to believe, he can catch

him? I'm not saying he can't, but it is the first time he's been on a

podium at a World Championship, he won one and came third in one, great

steps from where he was. I think he has started to believe in himself,

he needs to stop thinking about these Godlike characters. He said to

Sharon that 21.1 was almost unbeatable. He should not see it

like that. Every single person in that pool is beatable, because he

did it in the 50 metres butterfly. I think he does believe in himself,

but he needs to forget about everybody else and say, you know

what? I can do that! Certainly been a good week for Ben Proud at the

office. One world title and a bronze medal. He will go and enjoy himself.

I won't say go to the Budapest Ba'athists, he probably wants to be

nowhere near a swimming pool. Somebody else chasing medals is

Sarah Sjostrom. This happened earlier.

Sarah Sjostrom is the massive favourite. But which one will turn

up? The world record holder or the silver medallist?

50 metres butterfly final. Sjostrom in fourth. So, the final of the 50

metres butterfly. Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden in four. Also Kelsey of the

USA. The Olympic champion from London. This is very good. The world

record, 24.40 three. A little bit outside of that. Maybe a little bit

choppy into the last 15 metres. Goodness me, she has avenge those

demons that came in last night on a 100 metres freestyle, when she

should have won the gold. Now it is gold on the 50 metres butterfly. A

new Championship record for Sarah Sjostrom. The second fastest time in

history. So, Egypt on the podium for the

first time ever. Sarah Sjostrom took the world title

and it was never in doubt. She won by almost a second. That is her

third medal of the week. Any lingering doubts from last night

certainly put to bed. Kromowidjojo of the Netherlands took silver.

We're going to see Sjostrom again in a minute. That was last night, she

has not turned around and gone back in. That was earlier! She is next in

the 50 free semifinals. A lot of retirements, Fran decided not to do

this, he'll have we got coming through? Most notably Freya? Yes,

she is only young, she has World Championships coming up. She is a

great prospect for the future. Fran leaves a real legacy. But we haven't

really got a sprint programme in the UK, which we really need to develop.

We have always had a good history with Mark, Fran, other people. Shame

we haven't got a sprint face. That was your event, we saw Ben getting

the medal. The last time we had a man on the podium for a sprint event

was you, ten years ago. 14 years ago. Can't believe I just admitted

that! The thing is, it is one of these situations whereby role models

in your country, people you look up to and people that you chase,

programmes, predominantly in the UK, historically, more middle-distance

programmes. We haven't really got sprint programmes. A lot of the

sprinters come out of America. When you look at American swimming, and

Bill Furness mentioned it on the first night, if you look at how many

people are swimming compared to the UK, we can't cover every event. I

would like to see a sprint programme with somebody like James Gibson, we

had him before, but where we send some sprinters. OK, you might not be

the greatest middle-distance swimmer, but you could be a good

sprinter. We talk about the legacy we have with breaststroke, could Ben

Proud start a legacy in spreading? Yes, but he trains in Turkey! So

yes, but... Because there isn't a programme in the UK. But we are not

going to see him, we are still going to see him on television, kid

saying, I want to be like Ben Proud? 100%. But there is a view gaps,

there are events that have so much depth, people at home are thinking I

could have been in that final, there are too many people. We are missing

events, women's distance doesn't have many people, sprinted,

traditionally we have had good people. Hopefully the gaps, over the

next three years, coaches are looking at and pinpointing their

athletes on the road to Tokyo. Could Fran Halsall big --, cry the

retirement? Yes. Well, she has just gotten engaged. Think truthfully she

should. Enjoy your year out. It is down to her. As she had enough?

Possibly. While Fran Halsall tells us to shut up, here is another

semifinal. The first of the semifinals of the

women's 50 metres freestyle says Pernille Blume, the Olympic

champion. Santa Manse of France goes in six.

We haven't seen too many French swimmers yet at this world

championship. They have had an absolutely shocking time. They need

to turn it around. They honouring -- they have only got a day and a half

left. Michelle Toro from Canada. Look at this lady. Simone manual.

She never looks happy. She didn't even look happy when she won the 100

metres freestyle yesterday. She has every reason to smile. And finally,

Pernell Bloom, the Dane, the Olympic champion. -- Pernille Blume.

She has won the Olympic title. She is in four. She swim very well in

the 100. She got a bronze. That was a big surprise. That was the

greatest assembled set of women in the 100 metres freestyle I have ever

seen. Simone Manuel made history in Rio. She tied for a gold with the

Canadian. She backed it up this year with world championship title at 100

free. The first semifinal of the women's

50 metres freestyle. A very good start for Simone Manuel of the USA.

She swims at Stanford University. One of the team-mate of Katie

Ledecky. What a team they have got. It is a semifinal. They just have to

make sure they get a decent, solid swim. It is close. 71 hundredths

split them. Pernille Blume wins it. We may enter up getting a French

finalist. Don't sound so surprised! They are capable. You are just

winding up our colleagues next door. I love it. Two world-class times.

They really are fast women. They are around the Olympic winning mark from

last year. Pernille Blume didn't have a good start. She was playing

catch up all the way through. She was only winning over the last

metre. Sarah Sjostrom has been the standout performer. Pernille Blume

winning the first semifinal it -- at the time faster than she won the

Olympic gold last year. There are the second semifinalists

waiting. Sarah Sjostrom in four. Could you break the world record?

Bronte Campbell is it that -- the defending champion. What a semifinal

that is. Main Phil goes in eight per Canada. -- never short of

confidence. Always a little bit worried town America -- American on

the outside. Aliaksandra Herasimenia. She was

making me cry Leicester at the Olympic games. She tapped out Fran

Halsall by 21 hundredths of a second to beat her in Rio. This young lady,

Osman of Egypt, got Egypt's first ever medal when she got a bronze in

the 50 metres fly this evening. Amazing. Bronte Campbell, defending

champion. Her sister is faster. Her sister is not here. I think she has

picked the wrong Championships. She has had her world record taken from

just missing out. Kromowidjojo did the double in 2012. She has been

working away back since. She is speedy. The fourth fastest time in

the world. Is this where it is at? Sarah Sjostrom. Six times on the 24

seconds this year. Knocking on the door of the world record. Based on

wobbly saw earlier this week, she could be under threat. -- on what we

saw. Our fastest this year is 28.8 three. -- her fastest. This is the

time they often do it in the semi. It is not the final. The world

record held by a German. They have not been at the races in these

championships, Germany. Sarah Sjostrom looks ready to me. I could

-- I think we could see some fireworks. Second semifinal of the

women's 53. Sarah Sjostrom has already won the 50 metres butterfly.

She is going well. The world record is 20 sat -- 20 3.7 three. Older

going well with her is Kromowidjojo of the Netherlands. 23.67! It is a

new world record. A fantastic swim. She broke the world record in the

100 metres freestyle earlier in this championship. Now she has taken the

50. That is fantastic. 61 hundredths of a second. She has destroyed the

world record. -- six one hundredths of a second. That is one of the

long-standing assisted sued records from 2009. That is absolutely

world-class. She was under way well off the blocks. She has more to

drop. If she puts the race together tomorrow night, she will break it

again. Look what it means. She has come back tonight and performed like

an absolute trooper. Great streamlining underwater. Popped

right up. It was that speed from 20 through to 40 metres that got her

that world record. She is behind at this stage. The Dutch girl next to.

With 15 to go, she keeps sparring. She was on the world record line.

Great finish. She leaned into it as well. What a fantastic swim that was

from Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden. She broke the world record earlier this

evening. No, she didn't. She was 17 one hundredths ad sided. -- outside

it. Brilliant stuff. Can you believe the time low? Well Mac! A new world

record. Sarah Sjostrom wins the second semifinal of the women's 50

metres freestyle. A new world record.

The defending champion third. How many times this week am I going to

say the swimming superstar from Sweden, Sarah Sjostrom?! She has

done it again. She has just won the 50 fly and now she has done that.

How impressed are you? Immensely. She rules the roost in butterfly.

Leaps and bounds ahead of the world. She's moving butterfly forward.

Freestyle has been tighter. Breaking the 100 freestyle record, winning

that. She hasn't got the best start in the world. She swims away from

people. She must be holding someone's water. She has something

to prove as well. She wanted to reclaim her title. Let's have a look

at that raise again. Sarah Sjostrom has just broken the world record.

You said she must be holding water. She could go faster? Ultimately what

you're tried to do in the pool is... She is behind, JoJo. --

Kromowidjojo. She doesn't breathe. She keeps her head down. You can see

the world record line. On 50 freestyle, it is the person that

slows down the least that wins. One of the things I notice about her is

when she does the walk-out, the camera is right in her face but she

doesn't acknowledge it. What is going through her head at that

point? It depends on the athlete. She wants to stay in her zone. Some

people like listening to music, some people don't. It is up to you. Sarah

is trying to refocus. Trying to put the gold medal behind her and get in

the zone and focus for this event. Some people, and I think she is

probably one of them, having won the event beforehand, it distracts from

what is coming next. She doesn't have time to think about it. The 100

freestyle the other night, if it was straight up, she was probably

winding ourselves up for half an hour before and she just blew up.

She does what he needs to do and what she does is pretty darn

impressive. Next it is the breaststroke. Semifinal.

A big semifinal, this. Efimova offer Russia. -- for Russia. The first

semifinal. Yuliya Efimova in four. Sarah Vasey and six.

She is going well. She is about in line with Ruta Meilutyte entry.

Second was Katie Meili. Third, rue temerity to. A good swim by Sarah

Vasey. It is squeaky bum time. The second semifinal is coming and they

are not slow at all. Yuliya Efimova winning the first

semifinal. 29.7 three. Sarah Vasey has done well in fourth.

A good swim. We have to keep our fingers crossed. I'm happy with

that. It is a touch of my best, which is frustrating. Hopefully it's

fast enough to make the final. You are enjoying this experience. So

fast every time you get in the water? Yeah, I love it here. The

atmosphere is amazing. It is like nothing I've experienced before. I

was itching to get back in. We will keep our fingers crossed and maybe

we will see you tomorrow. Thank you.

Lily King, the champion in the 100, goes in lane four. Jennie Johansson,

the defending champion, in three. King in four. There she is for the

USA. The defending champion in three. The second semifinal. The

time that Sarah Vasey did in the previous semi was 30.4 six. It is OK

to have four faster than that in this semi but please not five. King

is looking very good. She really does attack it very strongly indeed.

Coming back is Jennie Johansson some of the European champion, defending

world champion. King, my goodness, street ahead.

What a final it is going to be. Lilly King is going to go in

fastest, Efimova second. Very quick indeed from Lilly King, fastest in

the world this year. The defending world champion is second. Look at

that, goodness me. Surely, the good news now is that Sarah Vaizey will

go into that final sixth fastest. How happy will she be to get into

the final? Massively. I don't fit we have had a GB girl there since 2007.

Massive step in the right direction. She trains with Adam Peaty, she will

be buzzing, hoping to just get the lane, get the experience and say

what she can do tomorrow night. The more she gets in there, the more

opportunity she gets, the more will come. I saw her in the warm up and

she looked really good. She's quite a tall girl, nice, long stroke. If

she can up the tempo, like Adam... It's really loud, by the way! His

tempo is really fast I think that will come. The more she trains, the

more she will deal with it. She's got a lot more to come. We have

talked a lot about the boys feeding of the atmosphere. From the way

Sarah was talking, it sounds like she feeds offered? The crowd have

been amazing. They are all milking it, doing the whole thing, rightly

so. For some, it can be intimidating. Maybe being around

Adam, there is no time for nerves? Now we are going to talk about the

men's 50 back semis. Another word on that final, we are going to show

that tomorrow night, featuring Sarah Vasey. Efimova won the breaststroke

title. Lilly King won the 100 breaststroke title. Who will take at

this time? My money is on Lily. I'm going to go with Lily as well. It's

quite interesting, Efimova swims that 50 like she's got speed, and

when she swims the 100 it is like she hasn't got any speed. I don't

know why she doesn't just go for it. If I was head Coach, I'd say, right,

just go for it. Don't limp out. The men's 50-metre backstroke semifinals

now. In lane four, Camille Lacourt. He

won in 13 and 15. 11 was Liam Tancock Britain.

Lacourt, won it in Kazan. Neither could get near Liam Tancock's world

record. I remember him doing it in Rome, you

couldn't even see him, his arms went run so fast. 24.0 is otherworldly.

He is here doing a bit. I thought he was doing a bit for British

swimming, part of the athletes commission. Great to see him down

there. At the opposite end of the spectrum, Matt grievous. What a

monster he is. 6-foot seven. -- Matt Grevers. I can see why Helen Skelton

and her friends like this fellow, full-time model, part-time swimmer,

Camille Lacourt. What a lovely way to go out at his final meet, to win

the championships in 2017. He needs to do something 14 France.

There is Grevers. He is absolutely enormous. Some of them are wearing

nose clips. It's quite hard, when you are underwater, to stop the

water going up your nose. You need to get your lips up to your

nostrils, like you are sneezing, that stops it. If you can't do that

and you are lazy, you can have the nose clip. The officials have to be

on it making sure nobody breaches the 50-metre underwater marker. We

saw the Australian do it, but they didn't go.

Camille Lacourt, in the centre. He is allowed 50. He has used every

centimetre of that 15. That was incredible. The white hat, in the

centre, also going with him, Matt Grevers. It looks like it's going to

be Lacourt. Let's look at the world record of Liam Tancock. It is fast,

faster than the time where he won the World Championships in 2011.

Still would have won two years ago. Very good semi. Brilliant swim from

Camille Lacourt. It amazes me that he is able to get those huge, long

levers around as fast as he does. You would expect a sprinter to maybe

be smaller. But he is so efficient under the water. Very good

technician. 24.3, the fastest time in the world by a long way. Very

strong underwater. Get the long body away, very quick. Beautifully

steelhead position. Head and shoulders above the rest here. Get

that arm over. Finishing on a full stroke. Setting a real tough marker

down for tomorrow night, Camille Lacourt. He doesn't want to elect

this title go. He's won it twice already. 1.26 out of the world

record, not impossible. He was very close to the 50 metres mark. Lacourt

wins the backstroke, Grevers second, Pavel Sankovich third. The second

semifinal is loaded. Gold medallists on the 100. Xu China in five. The

fastest in the world in six, Justin Ress.

they had a bit of a debt after the fantastic 400 metres freestyle.

Really splendid, carried that team for years. They are having a

revolution on the female side, lots of good young swimmers coming

through. It's exciting next year for the Commonwealth Games. Fantastic

reception every time a Hungarian comes out in this arena. On the

banks of the beautiful river Danube. The fastest man in the world is in

lane six. Only fourth fastest qualifier for this semifinal.

Seventh after this morning's heats. A second Frenchman, and he is good,

Jeremy Stravius won a silver medal, tied with Matt Grevers, in 2016.

This guide, Xu, what a beautiful stroke he has. I wonder if this

might be short for him, this 50? I always think, he did well on his

200. He is the second fastest time in the world this year. He holds

that time, 24.4 seconds. This fellow, from Japan, we haven't seen

him for eight years. He got a medal eight years ago, disappeared, he

came back and seems to be back to his best. He certainly is looking

pretty good. He is the world short course champion. Sometimes difficult

to take a long break and come back. Interesting to see, this is not an

Olympic event yet. They have added a couple of races, but not the

strokes. Freestyle is, but not the 50 back. Another nose clip going on.

I think at this level, you shouldn't need nose clips, you should learn to

hold your breath. It's a bit village! They are using them more

and more, I think. Some swimming programmes use them all the time.

Nose clip gate, we will figure it out later. Second semifinal, 50

metres backstroke. Jeremy Stravius in three for France. Koga in four.

The fastest in the world in six. Six had an OK start, but not that great.

The Black cap on the left-hand side, very good start. In the centre is

Koga of Japan, the world short course champion. He won the 100

metres backstroke at the World Championships eight years ago.

Starting to fade a little bit. 24.04 is the world record. 24.44, four

tenths of a second outside of Liam Tancock's world record. I am not

sure that will go at this meet either. Eight years safe. What a

swim that was in Rome in 2009. Very impressive from Koga. He just

continued to power all of the weight down that length.

That is Xu from China, he got a great start. There is Koga, look at

that entry through the water. Very still had. Beautiful. The

winner of the second semifinal, Koga of Japan. Very good swim from him.

Early this evening we saw the women's 200 metre backstroke final,

featuring the home favourite, Katinka Hosszu. I think the partisan

home crowd thought she was going to do it. They were going crazy. But

she only managed to take silver. Emily Seebohm took the top spot,

standing on top of the podium to take gold. Hosszu in silver,

Kathleen Baker of the USA took bronze. It has been a good night for

the British boys. Tomorrow is the final night of racing. What are you

looking forward to? We got so much, the four by 100 medley. I'm really

excited for the men's relay. Hannah Miley has been waiting since day one

for the medley, and Max Linfield going again. Britain has added to

the medal tally, then brown and James Guy have put themselves in a

bronze medal. -- Ben Proud. They will be wobbly walking along, and

who can blame them? More reaction on the red button to follow this. If

you want to join us for more live swimming tomorrow, you can do so on

BBC Two from 4:30pm. Coverage continues on the red button with the

800-metre women's freestyle final, and, as always, if you want the

podcast, you can head over to the 5 Live website and download it. Some

very proud and excited Hungarians here this evening. I was just

pre-empting that! We will have the race on the red

button. Congratulations to Ben Proud and James Guy, who both finished

with bronze medals. We will have more brilliant Brits in action

tomorrow evening. Join us from 4:30pm on BBC Two if you can. Now it

is time to find the road, press the red button and we can talk to Becky

about her event. See you then. Goodbye.