Tancock broke the world record in Sheffield last week

Exeter swimmer Liam Tancock has squeezed into the final of the men's 100m backstroke at the World Short Course Championships in Manchester.

Fresh from setting a new world record in the 50m backstroke at last week's Olympic trials, Tancock had the third fastest time in Wednesday's heats.

But he only managed to qualify eighth with a time of 51.50 seconds

"It's always going to be tough," Tancock told the BBC. "Racing's not easy and I snuck in to eighth place."

The fastest qualifier was world number one Russian Stanislav Donets with a time of 51.35 who Tancock will compete against in Thursday evening's final.

But Tancock said he has more to give: "I feel I'm in good shape and just enjoying the moment. I've got through to the final where anything can happen - I'll rest up and see what happens."

"I'm pretty pleased with my performance coming on from last week's Olympic trials when I did some great times, and it's nice to come here in front of a home crowd," he added.

There's coverage of the World Short Course Championships, including the men's 100m backstroke final on Thursday night, on BBC TWO, BBC Sport Website and BBC Radio 5 Live sports extra