Performers from the Italian National Dance Academy wow the audience at the opening ceremony for the 2009 Fina World Championships in Rome
British teenage sensation Daley was a good bet for a medal in the 10m platform...
... and to the delight of the 15-year-old from Plymouth, he not only wins a medal but wins gold at his first World Championships
Daley, who will also compete in the 10m synchro later in the week, will now be one of the hot favourites for gold at London 2012
Could Britain build on Daley's gold? Keri-Anne Payne was determined to do so in the gruelling 10km open water race
The 21-year-old Olympic silver medallist, who trains in Stockport, leaves the rest trailing to win Britain's second title in Italy
Payne will be hoping she can recover in time to go in the women's 200m medley on Sunday
Daley and partner Max Brick, diving together for only the third time, qualify for the men's 10m synchronised diving final on Saturday
The British pair qualify in 10th place with Huo Liang and Lin Yue of China first, Patrick Hausding and Sasha Klein of Germany second, and Antonio Guerra Oliva and Jeinkler Ernesto Aguirre Mano in third
Double Olympic gold-medallist Rebecca Adlington and Jo Jackson, the former 400m world record holder, lap up the sun but play down their chances ahead of their 400m and 800m showdown
Crowds swarm on Saturday as American Michael Phelps, the most successful Olympian of all time, takes part in his first training sessions of the Championships
The competition in-pool sees China take bronze in the synchronized swimming team free competition behind Russia's "Life of Sea" and Spain's "Haunted House" displays
Daley and Brick are looking good in the men's 10m synchronised diving final until a third round splash marks them down to a ninth-place finish, a decent start for a young pairing
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