DOHA - An Israeli medallist was booed by the crowd in a sour finish to the Doha World Championships on Feb 18, taking the gloss off some stunning achievements in the pool highlighted by Sarah Sjostrom’s third consecutive 50m freestyle world title.

Anastasia Gorbenko took silver in the women’s 400m individual medley but her celebrations were spoiled as a chorus of boos rained down from the terraces, drowning out her post-race interview by the floor presenter.