Proud claims silver

Ben Proud won silver in the 50m freestyle at the European Short Course Championships in Copenhagen.

Proud, who claimed gold in the 50m butterfly at the World Aquatics Championships in July as well as freestyle bronze, had qualified in fifth place for yesterday’s final.

The 23-year-old then produced a fine sprint display when back in Royal Arena pool as he held off Italian Luca Dotto to take second place behind Russian Vladimir Morozov.

Plymouth Leander swimmer Proud clocked a new personal best of 20.66 seconds as Morozov set a championship record of 20.31secs to take gold.

Earlier, Olympic champion Adam Peaty had qualified in second place for the 100m breaststroke final.

Peaty, who had to settle for bronze in the 50m breaststroke on the opening day, won the first semi-final with a championship record of 56.74.

However, Russian Kirill Prigoda then recorded the fastest time of 56.02, which set a new European record in heat two.

Ross Murdoch’s swim of 57.55 was enough to see him through to today’s final in seventh place.

Former Strathallan School pupil Duncan Scott had won bronze in the men’s 200m freestyle on Thursday but the 20-year-old could only manage ninth place in his 200m medley preliminary.

Kathryn Greenslade missed out on a medal with a fourth place in the 200m backstroke final as she finished in 2:04.75.

Charlotte Atkinson placed fifth in the final of the 200m butterfly, while Jocelyn Ulyett failed to qualify from her 100m breaststroke semi-final.

Adam Peaty: set championship record in 100m breaststroke heat.