O’Callaghan won the 100m gold for Australia, and Murphy wins 200m back

• Australia’s Mollie O’Callaghan wins women’s 100m freestyle gold.
• Britain’s Danica King won her first world title with a victory in the 200m breaststroke.
• New Zealand’s Liam Stubblety-Cook won gold in the men’s 200m backstroke ahead of Japan’s Yu Hanaguruma.
• U.S. won the 4x200m freestyle relay to complete a clean sweep for Team USA.
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Australia’s Mollie O’Callaghan raged to triumph to take the ladies’ 100 meters free-form gold while Americans Lilly King and Ryan Murphy took gold in the ladies’ 200-m breaststroke and the men’s 200-m backstroke at the swimming big showdowns on Thursday.

Zac Stubblety-Cook of Australia followed up his Olympic gold in 200m breaststroke with a rehash at the Duna Arena while the United States men won the 4x200m transfer.

O’Callaghan was third in the last 50 yet dashed into the lead in the last couple of meters to beat #1 and world record holder Sarah Sjoestroem of Sweden, who took the silver, while American Torri Huske was third.

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The Australian timed 52.67 seconds to require gold, 0.13 seconds in front of Sjoestroem while Huske was only a fourth of a subsequent behind.

“I’m so energized, I truly don’t have any idea what to say. I wasn’t anticipating that by any means. I’m dashing a few astounding young ladies here,” O’Callaghan said subsequent to winning her most memorable individual gold at the big showdowns.

O’Callaghan had set the quickest time in the semi-finals to procure a spot in path four and she was resolute in the last stretch with Sjoestroem and Huske, the 100m butterfly champion, on one or the other side.

The field was completely exposed with reigning champ and two times Olympic gold medallist Simone Manuel not contending while O’Callaghan’s countryman Shayna Jack pulled out from the titles subsequent to breaking her hand during an instructional course.

In the wake of missing the platform in the 100m breaststroke, King guaranteed her most memorable world title in the 200m breaststroke with a period of 2:22.41.

Ruler drove at the 50m imprint yet fell back to fifth by the last turn however had saved enough for a strong last length.

Australia’s Jenna Strauch took silver and American Kate Douglass won bronze.

The shortfall of Olympic boss Evgeny Rylov of Russia left the field open for the men’s 200m backstroke and Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Murphy made use advantage.

Murphy had always lost a singular gold at a big showdown yet had won in both 100m and 200m backstroke at the Rio Olympics in 2016.

Stubblety-Cook was the reasonable #1 in the 200m bosom, particularly with his opponent Arno Kamminga of the Netherlands taking him out in the semis.

In any case, the 23-year-old was in the seventh spot at the 100 imprints yet it was before long certain that was essential for his course of action and he endured the final part of the rush to triumph.

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The Queenslander completed in a period of 2:07.07, well shy of his reality record time yet 1.31 in front of Japan’s Yu Hanaguruma with Sweden’s Erik Persson taking bronze.

The American won the 4x200m free-form hand-off effortlessly, completing 3.26 in front of Australia with Britain’s Tom Dean creating an amazing last leg to acquire bronze.