Jersey swimmer Filip Nowacki has broken the European junior record in the 200m breaststroke.

The 17-year-old – who won three medals at the British senior championships earlier this year – clocked a time of 2:09.11 in the semi-final of the European Junior Championships in Slovakia.

Nowacki, who is part of the Team GB world-class swimming squad, broke the record that had been set in the previous race by Turkey’s Doruk Yogurtcuoglu, who swam 2:10:63.

He will race in the final on Friday evening having already been in excellent form.

Nowacki broke the British age group record in the 50m breaststroke twice as he went on to win silver in the final, and still has the 100m breaststroke to race as well.