Belinda Hocking takes silver in world championships 200m backstroke final Belinda Hocking has claimed a silver medal in the women's 200m backstroke final at the World Championships in Barcelona AUSTRALIAS Belinda Hocking has found a silver lining from her London Olympic disappointment, finishing second in the 200m backstroke final at the world titles this morning. As the Campbell sisters Cate and Bronte both booked a place in tomorrow's 50m freestyle final (setting up Cate for the 50-100 double), Hocking fired home strongly to return to her rightful position on the world titles podium. With one finals session remaining Australia has won three gold and seven silver medals for the meet, putting the swim team on track to bag more total medals than last year's 10 from the Olympic Games with medley relays to come tomorrow. Australia already has won more gold medals than London's single effort, with Cate Campbell, Christian Sprenger and James Magnussen crowned world champions here in Barcelona. Hocking, a silver medallist in this event at the 2011 worlds, had been expected to add to Australia's medal haul in London last year but was left shattered when she failed to even reach the final of the 200m backstroke. The 22-year-old moved coaches and cities in the aftermath of London, linking with Rohan Taylor in Melbourne after several years at the AIS in Canberra under Shannon Rollason, and celebrated with a superb second placing in a time of 2:06.66. US superstar Missy Franklin was impossible to run down on her way to a record-equalling fifth gold medal of the world titles in 2:04.76 while Canada's Hilary Caldwell settled for bronze in 2:06.80. Hocking smiles as she shows off her silver medal on the podium. Picture: Daniel Ochoa de Olza/AP Hocking said she was too "preoccupied with the outcome" in London when she finished 10th in the semi-finals and in the final here in Spain she went back to her childhood days where the race plan got thrown out the window and she did it "balls out." I'm so happy. I think more than anything after last year it taught me to be a bit more humble about things," Hocking said. "I think after 2011 winning a silver medal I went to last year thinking, "I won a silver last year so I'm going to win it again this year." I think it taught me more than anything that people win races not times. I got to the 100m and I was just really nervous so I was like 'stuff this I'm going to try and go balls out' and I did and it worked. I think tonight I just went back to my instincts of being a younger swimmer and just got in there and raced. Sometimes you've just got to do that. Hocking on her way to a silver medal in Barcelona. Picture: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images World 100m freestyle champion Cate Campbell is on target to complete the double after qualifying fastest for the 50m final in a time of 24.19 seconds. Reigning Olympic champion Ranomi Kromowidjojo was second quickest in 24.33s and remains a huge threat, while Campbell's younger sister Bronte was ecstatic with her fifth placing qualification in 24.62s. I did what I needed to do. Ecstatic to have my sister lining up with me for tomorrow night should be a good race," Cate Campbell said. I'll be honest I'm still a little bit fatigued from (100m final) last night. It's all about recovery and rest now. It is the first individual international final for Bronte Campbell after she finished 10th in this event in London. It's been incredible. I've been wanting to make the final for a while so second meet and it's really great to get through and swim in a final with my sister," she said. Australia's Emily Seebohm, left, has already claimed silver behind Missy Franklin of the United States, right, in the women's 100m backstroke. I feel like it's a final and anything can happen I'll go out there and swim as fast as I can and maybe that'll end up in me doing a PB. It's all experience at this stage. Australia's only other swimmer in the finals session, Samantha Marshall, finished 11th in the 50m breaststroke semi-finals in 31.26s as Lithuanian Ruta Meilutyte smashed the world record in a time of 29.48s. The 22-year-old won Australia's seventh silver medal of the meet as she finished second behind teenage American star Missy Franklin in Saturday night's 200m backstroke final. Earlier, Brazilian world record holder Cesar Cielo won a thrilling men's 50m freestyle final missing Australian James Magnussen, who failed to qualify. Cielo celebrated wildly on the lane rope and was in tears as the Brazilian anthem played after clocking 21.32 seconds to beat Russian Vladimir Morozov (21.47). A pair of 16-year-olds took down two world records fell on the penultimate night, with Lithuanian teen Ruta Meilutyte smashing the 50m breaststroke mark and American sensation Katie Ledecky bettering Rebecca Adlington's 800m freestyle swim from the 2008 Olympics.