Litchfield missed out on bronze by less than a second in the 200m individual medley Michael Sohn/APAfter the glory of Adam Peaty came the low of missed medal chances for British swimmers on the fifth day at the World Championships. Three finals, three solid shots at the podium, but it was not to be. Sheffield’s Max Litchfield, who set the Commonwealth record in the earlier rounds of the 200m individual medley and would have had to shave a further 0.5sec off his best for the podium tonight, placed fourth. Duncan Scott, of Stirling, faced the same dilemma: he was just 0.2sec outside his best in the 100m freestyle but would have had to take 0.1sec off his national record to have made the medals. Georgia Davies, the Commonwealth champion over 50m backstroke and at her best a…

Source: The Times July 27, 2017 17:15 UTC