World Aquatics Championships: Leon Marchand claims 200m medley as Summer McIntosh wins third gold

Australia’s Elizabeth Dekkers completed the podium, denying Chinese 12-year-old sensation Yu Zidi a place on the podium as she finished fourth.

Briton Emily Richards placed seventh (2:07.99), ahead of Ireland’s Ellen Walshe (2:08.34)

Another Briton Lauren Cox finished fifth in women’s 50m backstroke in 27.36 secs, as American Katharine Berkoff won gold in 27.08.

Matthew Richards was eighth in the men’s 100m freestyle (47.74), where Romania’s David Popovici, 20, added to his 200m title in a championship-record time of 46.51.

Great Britain’s quartet of Freya Colbert, Freya Anderson, Abbie Wood and Leah Schlosshan were fifth in the women’s 4x200m freestyle relay in 7:51.87, as Australia took gold (7:39.35) ahead of the United States and China.