Rebecca Adlington prepares herself for the 400m freestyle final. Photo: Getty Images

Adlington took silver in the 400m Freestyle, behind Italy’s Federica Pellegrini. Photo: Getty Images

Dana Vollmer of the US swam a textile world best to win the 100m butterfly. Photo: Getty Images

In the 200m Butterfly Britain’s Ellen Gandy took a memorable Silver. Photo: Getty Images

A good meet for Canada saw Ryan Cochrane take 800m freestyle bronze. Photo: Getty Images

Michael Phelps won his 6th consecutive 200m butterfly world title. Photo: Getty Images

Japan’s Takeshi Matsuda was beaten into Silver by Phelps. Photo: Getty Images

Ryan Lochte once again dominated the 200m backstroke, taking gold. Photo: Getty Images

Tyler Clary made it two US medals in the 200m backstroke, taking bronze. Photo: Getty Images

Liam Tancock successfully defended his 50m backstroke world title. Photo: Getty Images

China’s Sun Yang broke the oldest men’s world record over 1500m freestyle, in remarkable fashion. Photo: Getty Images

Ryan Lochte was also a world record breaker, over 200IM. Lochte took 5 gold medals in Shanghai. Photo: Getty Images