Elijah Winnington has powered to his first global gold while the all-conquering 4x100m women's relay team won again, to give Australia the perfect flying start to the world swimming championships.Australia - gold, women's 4x100m freestyle relayKiah Melverton, 7th, women's 400m freestyleWinnington earned redemption after his Olympic disappointment, speeding to an emphatic victory in the 400m freestyle, the first final of the entire, week-long program in Budapest, on Saturday.
The 22-year-old Gold Coast freestyler Winnington kicked it all off after the opening ceremony, swimming the race of his life and even flirting with the world record for much of his 400m final.He eventually settled for a new, lifetime best of 3:41.22 as he demolished the field at the Duna Arena in the Hungarian capital by more than one-and-a-half seconds and became the fifth fastest, ever, at the distance.
Last year, Winnington — who's suffered from nerves before — was left crestfallen after going into the Olympics with high hopes but finishing only seventh in the final.
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