Jamaican makes historic splash

Jamaica's Alia Atkinson became the first black woman to win a world swimming title when she triumphed in the 100m breaststroke at the world short-course championships on Saturday as more records tumbled.

Atkinson, 25, claimed the title and equaled Ruta Meilutyte's world record of 1min 02.36sec in the process - although under governing body FINA rules that still equates to a new record.

That took the total of world records set at the Hamad Aquatic Centre to 17.