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Brits double up

Jo Jackson and Rebecca Adlington claimed silver and bronze in the 400 metres freestyle at the World Championships in Rome.

Jackson touched in four minutes 00.60 seconds, with Adlington a battling third in 4:00.79.

Gold went to Italy's Federica Pellegrini, who became the first woman to cover 400m in less than four minutes with a time of 3:59.15.