Michael Jamieson claimed his first World Short-Course Championships medal by taking a superb silver in the 200m breaststroke in Istanbul.
After qualifying eighth fastest for the final, the British Gas Bath ITC swimmer put in a determined swim from an outside lane to lower his British record as he touched in 2mins 03.00secs.
Hungary's Olympic champion Daniel Gyurta took gold in 2:01.35 but Jamieson found the strength to hold off Russia's Viatcheslav Sinkevich (2:03.08) who settled for bronze.
"I said last week I wanted to come here and challenge for medals and after this morning's heat I couldn't have been further away," said the Olympic silver medallist. "It was a bonus getting in there and I was quite lucky to sneak through in an outside lane so I just decided to go for it from the start and had nothing to lose I guess.
"I think this morning when I came out I felt my legs were really heavy and I didn't have much in the warm-up. I did a longer swim down this morning then went back for a sleep.
"When I got up, I just thought 'right, it's time to turn this around' and I think that was more important than the result, the fact that I was able to turn it around tonight."
Jamieson's team-mate and training partner at Bath, Andrew Willis, also ducked under the old British marker as he set an English record 2:03.29 to finish fifth.
Willis – who finished eighth at London 2012 – was also in contention throughout the race and insisted touching just 0.21 seconds off the podium places was the perfect motivation for his 2013 season.
"I think I can take a lot of positives away from that race," said Willis. "I raced tough this morning, got into that final and gave it my all. I've got really close to the medals and I've done a PB so there are a lot of positives there and it was really close at the end."
In the women's 200m backstroke final, Bath newcomer Lizzie Simmonds improved her heat time to finish fifth in 2:04.55.
After qualifying eighth fastest for the final, the British Gas Bath ITC swimmer put in a determined swim from an outside lane to lower his British record as he touched in 2mins 03.00secs.
Hungary's Olympic champion Daniel Gyurta took gold in 2:01.35 but Jamieson found the strength to hold off Russia's Viatcheslav Sinkevich (2:03.08) who settled for bronze.
"I said last week I wanted to come here and challenge for medals and after this morning's heat I couldn't have been further away," said the Olympic silver medallist. "It was a bonus getting in there and I was quite lucky to sneak through in an outside lane so I just decided to go for it from the start and had nothing to lose I guess.
"I think this morning when I came out I felt my legs were really heavy and I didn't have much in the warm-up. I did a longer swim down this morning then went back for a sleep.
"When I got up, I just thought 'right, it's time to turn this around' and I think that was more important than the result, the fact that I was able to turn it around tonight."
Jamieson's team-mate and training partner at Bath, Andrew Willis, also ducked under the old British marker as he set an English record 2:03.29 to finish fifth.
Willis – who finished eighth at London 2012 – was also in contention throughout the race and insisted touching just 0.21 seconds off the podium places was the perfect motivation for his 2013 season.
"I think I can take a lot of positives away from that race," said Willis. "I raced tough this morning, got into that final and gave it my all. I've got really close to the medals and I've done a PB so there are a lot of positives there and it was really close at the end."
In the women's 200m backstroke final, Bath newcomer Lizzie Simmonds improved her heat time to finish fifth in 2:04.55.