Peaty takes record from Van der Burgh

The women are getting it done at the world swimming championships.

Meanwhile, Chad le Clos finished a topsy-turvy day on a high when he turned in a dominating performance in his 200m butterfly semi-final with a winning time of 1:54.50 from an outside lane.

Mitchell Larkin extended Australia’s domination of the backstroke, winning the men’s 100 in 52.40. I think I am the type of swimmer when I come into a competition I have one big swim in me and I think I always try and use it up on the 100m.

Petrified of water as a young child, Peaty’s remarkable success in Kazan, Russia, this week completed a rapid ascent to the top of elite swimming just two years after stepping up to senior level. Yes it is! Oh my god, I did it!

“That stuck with me”, said Hunt of missing out on gold in 2013.

Seebohm’s teammate, Madison Wilson, was second in 58.75 and Mie Oe Nielsen of Denmark was third in 58.86.

After the medal ceremony, Tusup joined Hosszu on the deck and he kissed her in front of photographers.

“Definitely disappointed with the 100”.

“Over the winter I put my blinkers on and go down to hard training”. “But that’s where I am right now”.

It was Guy’s first career gold medal at worlds.

Ottesen earned silver in 57.05 and Lu Ying of China took bronze in 57.48.

And Stephen Milne qualified third fastest for the 800m freestyle final on his first World Championship appearance.

This morning, the 27-year-old equalled Adam Peaty’s unofficial record of 26.62s as he comfortably won his 50m heat in Kazan.

Peaty was trailing van der Burgh for much of the final, with the South African under world record pace at the turn.

“I love Katinka”, Baker said. “We push each other to the limits”. Ledecky has become the star of the Kazan pool after twice breaking her own 1,500m freestyle world record – and the long-distance expert was only competing in the 200m freestyle as an experiment at this level.

“That was tough but it’s good to be with those competitors at a world class meet”, said Milne. “It’s awesome to be here and be a witness”.

In Berlin, Peaty initially broke Van der Burgh’s world record of 26.67, but FINA, the sport’s governing body, has yet to ratify the time due to an administrative error in testing the Briton for blood doping agent EPO (erythropoietin).

“We are all so close, it won’t be a two-horse race and the final will be great”. “I had to live with that for two years”.

And they stopped the clock in a world-record time of three minutes and 41.71 seconds.

A delighted Murdoch, whose best event is the 200m breaststroke – which takes place on Thursday, said: “I can’t believe I got my hands on that world medal”.

She and Franklin had tight turnarounds, with both women coming back to swim the 200 free semifinals.