British swimmer Ben Proud has progressed through to the final at the World Swimming Championships for the first time in his career after posting the sixth-fastest time in the semi-finals of the 50m butterfly event.
The 20-year-old, who is the Commonwealth champion at this discipline, came second in his heat to do enough to secure a place in the medal race, which will take place tomorrow.
Olympic champion Florent Manaudou of France posted the fastest time of 22.84, which equals the French national record.
However, South Africa's Chad le Clos, who won two medals in butterfly at the London Olympics in 2012, missed out after finishing seventh in the first semi-final, leaving him 14th of 16 overall.
