Freestyler Hayley Palmer missed out on making the semi-finals of the 50m after posting the 23rd fastest time in Friday's heats at the London Olympics.
Palmer covered the one lap of the pool at the Aquatics Centre in 25.47sec to finish second in Heat 7.
The fastest 16 swimmers qualified for the semi-finals and Palmer was 0.19s slower than the time she needed.
Newly-crowned Olympic 100m champion Ranomi Kromowidjojo was fastest qualifier in 24.51.
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