Emily Seebohm grabs silver behind US star Missy Franklin in 100m backstroke at world swimming titles Emily Seebohm settled for silver behind America's Missy Franklin in the world championships 100m backstroke. EMILY Seebohm knows where she wants to be but for now she has learnt to accept that second place on the medal podium is what she deserves. The Australian backstroke star claimed the silver medal in the 100m backstroke at the world titles, beaten to the gold by US teen star Missy Franklin once again. It was Australia's fourth silver medal of the meet taking the tally to one gold and four silvers in three days of competition. In a repeat of last year's Olympic podium, Franklin won in 58.42 seconds, with Seebohm second in 59.06s and Japan's Aya Terakawa third in 59.23s. But unlike London when Seebohm broke down in tears of disappointment with her silver, this time she immediately hugged and congratulated her rival and accepted her fate as fitting of her preparation. "I think what I achieved last year wasn't exactly where I wanted to be but seeing as I haven't been in the shape that I have come last year, I didn't really expect too much and I think that helped me that little but more and made me feel happy to be out there and excited and I enjoyed every minute of that," Seebohm said. Being up there on the podium and getting a silver medal is incredible and I wish that was a little bit more important last year and that I enjoyed it a little bit more last year but I didn't. Seebohm was not happy with her time, but she knows her preparation has not been as ideal or as thorough as it was for the Olympic Games. Missy Franklin is congratulated by Emily Seebohm after the American won the 100m backstroke final. The 21-year-old took an extended break after London to "let loose and go a bit crazy" and was happy to walk away with her best ever performance at a world championship. "I would have liked a sub 59 but you know that's just what I got given and it's obviously going to motivate me to train harder and I know what I want and I've just got to keep improving bit by bit," Seebohm said. At least I haven't dropped in the backstroke since last year and I know that I'm not in the shape that I was Olympics but it obviously gives me that little bit extra to work on and try and get back in that state and start going under 59 again it should be great. After Olympics I had 3 months off and it just took away that little bit of focus that I did have before Olympics. We work really hard to get in the shape that we are pre-Olympics and we don't really have a lot of big breaks and then after Olympics we just kind of let loose and go a bit crazy. I guess I'm not quite in that shape I was come Olympics but you know this is just motivation to keep me going and keep getting stronger and to get better and getting that position that I want and I will keep working for it. In the men's 200m freestyle Cameron McEvoy was second at half-way but faded in the final 50m to finish in seventh place in a time of 1:46.63, ahead of teammate Thomas Fraser-Holmes who clocked 1:47.11 for eighth. The event was won by French Olympic champion Yannick Agnel in 1:44.20, ahead of USA's Connor Dwyer in 1:45.32 and Russian Danila Izotov in 1:45.59. "First international final and I think I really dealt with the nerves and everything really well," McEvoy said. Fraser-Holmes was disappointed as his best time swum a few months earlier at trials would have had him about fifth but really in amongst it fighting for the medals. "It's just not good enough, it's not where I wanted to be and it's very disappointing," he said. I will be back next year so it's motivating and frustrating at the same time. In other finals Ashley Delaney produced his fastest time since the supersuit era in the 100m backstroke final to finish sixth in 53.55 seconds as Olympic champion Matt Grevers of USA claimed gold in 52.93s. Delaney's effort puts Australia within reach of gold in the medley relay on the final day of the meet. In semi-finals action world 100m champion Christian Sprenger qualified fourth fastest for the 50m breaststroke final in 27.10 seconds as South Africa's Cameron van der Burgh established himself as the man to beat with a 26.81s. "My goal today was to get into the final so I could have a morning off," Sprenger said. Tomorrow night I will give it all I can and leave nothing behind. Brisbane's Kylie Palmer, the 2011 world silver medallist, booked a place in the final of the 200m freestyle placing sixth in 1:56.53 as teammate and Olympic bronze medallist Bronte Barratt missed the final in 12th place in a time of 1:57.18. Former world champion Federica Pellegrini of Italy will start favourite as fastest qualifier with a time of 1:55.78. Brisbane's Grant Irvine missed a place in the 200m butterfly final, placing 14th in 1:56.95 as Olympic champion Chad Le Clos set the pace in 1:55.33. US 16-year-old Katie Ledecky smashed the 1500m freestyle world record, wiping over six seconds off the old mark to win gold in 15:36.53, ahead of Denmark's Lotte Friis (15:38.88) and New Zealand's Lauren Boyle (15:44.71). Lithuania's teen star Ruta Meilutyte narrowly missed her own world record, that she set in the semi-finals 24 hours earlier, when she won the 100m breaststroke in 1:04.42.