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USA's Rhiannon Jeffrey, Rachel Komisarz, Diana Munz and Lindsay Benko celebrate winning the 4x200m freestyle event

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18-year-old American sensation Michael Phelps punches the air with delight as he wins the 200m individual medley

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Ian Thorpe, Pieter van den Hoogenband and Alexander Popov await the result of a thrilling 100 metre freestyle final

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It is Russia's Popov who claims gold as the swimming legend relegates van den Hoogenband to silver and Thorpe to bronze

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Kosuke Kitajima of Japan sets his second world record of the championships, clocking 2 mins 9.42 secs in the 200m breaststroke

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Great Britain enjoys more success as Ian Edmond comes in behind Kitajima to claim a silver medal

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Poland's Otylia Jedrzejczak celebrates as she wins the women's 200 metre butterfly final ahead of Hungary's Eva Risztov

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Nina Zhivanevskaya's claims Spain's first gold of the championships with victory in the 50m backstroke

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James Gibson produces a superb display in the 50m breaststroke to storm to gold in 27.56 seconds

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Gibson's win is Britain's first individual world gold medal in 28 years - David Wilkie in 1975 was the last British success