Balfour strokes to silver

Britain’s swimmers celebrated in a noisy corner of the packed Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne as Kirsty Balfour delivered the team’s third medal of the World Championships with a hard-earned silver in the 200metres breaststroke.

The City of Edinburgh swimmer tied for second place with America’s Megan Jendrick on day six in Australia thanks to a strong finish after a bronze had looked the likeliest of outcomes.