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Gandy grabs silver as Lochte sets landmark record

Ellen Gandy added a world silver medal to her European and Commonwealth bronze medals © Getty Images

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Ellen Gandy missed out on gold by four hundredths of a second as she claimed silver in the 200m butterfly at the World Swimming Championships in Shanghai.

The 19-year-old finished strongly, but was pipped by China's Jiao Liuyang who delighted the home crowd as she claimed gold after touching home in two minutes 05.55 seconds. Gandy beat Olympic, defending world champion and world record holder Liu Zige into third, while her British team-mate Jemma Lowe, who qualified fastest for the final, finished a disappointing seventh.

The British team arrived in Shanghai with high expectations, but Gandy's medal is only Britain's second in the pool, following Rebecca Adlington's silver in the 400m freestyle.

American Ryan Lochte became the first man to set a new world record in the post-techsuit era as he beat Olympic champion Michael Phelps to win the 200m individual medley. Lochte, who also beat Phelps in the 200m freestyle final, touched home in 1:54.00 seconds to shoot down the record he set in Rome two years ago. It is the first world record to be set since the controversial high-tech body suits were banned at the start of 2010.

Double Commonwealth champion James Goddard, who has been battling a shoulder injury, narrowly missed out on a medal after finishing fourth. "I'm really disappointed. It was anyone's game for the bronze medal. The semi-finals kind of showed it was up for grabs and I'm pretty gutted I missed it."

Fran Halsall qualified fastest for Friday's 100m freestlye final, but Amy Smith missed out. "I'm really happy with that," Halsall said. "This morning I was a little bit nervous, I hadn't swum since Sunday. On Friday I've got to give a little bit more, a medal would be nice."

There will be two Brits in the men's 200m breaststroke final after Andrew Willis and Michael Jamieson qualified fifth and sixth fastest respectively. Australia's James Magnussen won the men's 100m freestyle.

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