Foster at the double as he retains his golden crown

Mark Foster retained his 50metres freestyle crown as Britain's swimming team collected their first two medals at the European short course championships in Vienna.

Foster, 34, took the lead on the last half to ease home in 21.05sec, the second fastest time of the season. Holland's Mark Veens took silver and Spaniard Eduard Lorente was third.

"That makes it world champion and European champion in 2004," said Foster (above). "I would like to have gone for the world record, but I'm happy with gold. It's not going to last forever, so I'm going to enjoy it while I can."

Kate Haywood claimed bronze in the 50m breaststroke.