Nick Sloman has become the second Australian open water swimmer in the space of two days to just miss out on a medal at the world aquatics championships in Doha.
In the best shape of his career, Sloman was right in the thick of the battle for the podium in a thrilling finale in old Doha port on Sunday before eventually touching in fifth place just four-tenths of a second away from nicking his first individual global medal.
But just like Moesha Johnson 24 hours earlier in the women's race, Queenslander Sloman's substantial consolation in a race won by Hungarian Kristof Rasovsky was to seal his place at the Paris Olympics.
