Liam Tancock booked himself a spot in the 100m backstroke semi-final tonight (Thursday) with a solid swim in the heats this morning.
The Exeter swimmer set a time of 54.51secs from lane five, finishing second to Australian Mitch Larkin (54.18) in lane four.
Tancock, who was set the fifth-fastest time out of those to make the semis, is set to compete in the semi-finals tonight from 8.05pm onwards.
It was not all good news for the defending champion over both 50m and 100m though, as he saw his Commonwealth Games record broken by fellow Englishman Charlie Walker-Hebborn in the following heat.
Walker-Hebborn touched home in 53.30secs, making him the fastest qualifier and breaking Tancock's record by 0.29secs.
