Australia's Emily Seebohm has admitted that she struggled to re-focus this morning after winning gold in the 100m backstroke final at the World Championships last night.

The 23-year-old was back in the pool this morning for the 50m backstroke heats, which she eased through in 27.75s.

After qualifying for the semi-finals, Seebohm told SwimVortex: "I didn't feel fantastic when I got up this morning but I am definitely starting to lighten up a bit. My thing is always to improve from heats to semis to final so hopefully I can just improve on that and keep pushing it down."

Seebohm will compete in the 50m backstroke semi-finals in the evening session.