Exeter Swimming Club’s Liam Tancock put in a solid effort in the final of the men’s 100-metre backstroke in Beijing yesterday. After leading for the first 50 metres, his American rival, Aaron Peirsal, set a new world record to take gold. Far from sounding downhearted at finishing sixth, Liam simply said, “bring on London.” With such a positive performance and attitude to match we’ll be looking out for him in 2012. Well done Liam!