The 15-year-old produced a lifetime best and set Island junior and senior records to finish the 200m freestyle in second with 2.03.55 min, just 0.42 seconds ahead of third-placed Shauna Lee. Bashforth’s time was so good she would have just missed out on a final spot in the previous week’s European Junior meet.

The previous day she lowered her own Island records in the semi-final, clocking 2.05.68 min. However, in the final she defied her fourth place ranking and raced from the front in a high class 14-15 years’ field.