British Gas swimmer Fran Halsall impressed on her way to winning the silver medal in the womens 100m Freestyle final as she swam under 53 seconds for the first time in her career.
The Olympian got a good start and turned in third place at the 50m mark behind fastest qualifier Libby Trickett (Australia) and 2008 Olympic champion, Britta Steffen (Germany).
Steffen, who held the world record going into the final after a 52.22 effort in the first leg of the German 4x100m free relay on Day 1, lay in second place behind Trickett at the turn but it was Halsall that had the best finish. The British record holder stormed through the final 50m as she over took Olympic medallist Trickett to win the silver medal in a new British record time of 52.87.