Emily Seebohm has won the 50-metre backstroke semi-final at the World Short Course Championship in record time.
The winner of three medals at her first World Short Course in Doha, Seebohm clocked 25.87 seconds, setting a Championship, Commonwealth and Australian record.
Seebohm took 0.11secs off Marieke Guehrer's 2009 Commonwealth and Australian record and was only 0.17 outside the World Record set by Croatia's Sanja Jovanovic in Istanbul, also set in 2009.
The triple World Short Course medallist in the 100 and 200m backstroke and 100m individual medley will swim from lane four in Sunday (AEDT) night's final.
She will resume her backstroke duel with Hungarian Katinka Hosszu, who has beaten Seebohm in all three finals and set world records on each occasion.
"It was pretty hard missing out on the 200 individual medley final, it hurt me a bit and tonight I took it out on the 50m backstroke as if I had another chance at the 200IM," said Seebohm.
"I'm really looking forward to the final night. It will be a lot of fun ... there is not much you can do about a 50, it's over in less than 30 seconds and you can't change it."
Meanwhile, Tommaso D'Orsogna and Cameron McEvoy have both secured spots in the blue riband 100m freestyle final.
D'Orsogna, a bronze medallist in the 100m butterfly on night two has qualified fourth in 46.40secs and McEvoy sixth in 46.68.
Bronte Campbell will line up in the 50m freestyle final after qualifying third in 24.01 from tonight's semi-finals.
Australia has won one gold, two silver and two bronze medals with the prospect of adding to the medal count on the final day which will see the Australian head coach Jacco Verhaeren field teams in both the men's and women's medley relays.
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