Breaststroker Lucas Matzerath reached the final of the 50m breaststroke at the World Championships in Fukuoka.
The third-placed European was fourth fastest in the semi-finals on Tuesday with a time of 26.89 seconds and improved his best time set in the preliminary heat by another five-hundredths.
The day before, the 23-year-old had missed a medal by just 16 hundredths of a second over twice the distance in fifth place.