Jemma Lowe won Britain's first medal of the World Short-Course Championships by finishing third in the 200 metres butterfly in Istanbul.
The 22-year-old swam from lane one after qualifying seventh, meaning she had no idea of how the expected leaders were faring.
However, that had little bearing on the Swansea ITC swimmer who touched in two minutes 3.19 seconds.
It was also a national record for Lowe, who lowered her own 2010 mark, the Briton leading after 150m before being overtaken by Hungarian Katinka Hosszu and 2012 Olympic champion Jiao Liuyang.
Lowe said: "I'm really pleased with that. I didn't know what to expect after this morning when I was in that slow heat by myself and I just scraped into the final.
"Because I have won a medal previously at world short course I was really determined to get up there, so I just gave it my very best and I can't believe how it worked out."