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Miley advances to final

Scottish teenager Hannah Miley secured her place in the final of the women's 400m individual medley at the Beijing Olympics after finishing second in her heat.

Miley, who celebrated her 19th birthday on Friday, finished behind American world-record holder Katie Hoff and eighth quickest overall in 4min 36.56secs.

"I knew it would be tough because everyone is swimming PBs just to make it into the final," Miley said. "But I'm over the moon to have made it. I just need to go away, get plenty of sleep, a good meal and come back tomorrow (Saturday) and give it my all."

Aberdeen's David Carry broke his own British record with a time of 3:47.17 in the 400m freestyle but still failed to advance to Sunday's final.

The 26-year-old, who was fifth in his heat and 15th fastest overall, said: "You come here dreaming of swimming fast in the Olympics and that's what I did today. I knew it was going to take a massive step up to make the final.

"I knew it was going to take 3:45 and I thought I was in the shape to do that but they pulled away from me at the end. I can't be unsatisfied with the way I swam. I was puking my way up the pool so I think that shows I was giving 100%!"

In the 100m breaststroke, fellow-Scot Kristopher Gilchrist failed to advance after managing just seventh in his heat in 1:01.34.
In the final event of Saturday's session, Scot Caitlin McClatchey was part of the 4x100m freestyle relay team that qualified for the final as the slowest qualifiers in a time of 3:39.18.