Australia stunned the United States in the men's 4x100m relay on Sunday, ending a run of three straight wins and handing Michael Phelps a slow start to his last world championships. James Magnussen had the better of Phelps in the first leg and Australia's Matthew Targett, Matthew Abood and Eamon Sullivan held off France to finish it in 3min 11.00sec, relegating Olympic champions America to third.
It was a resounding finish to the first day of pool competition after China sealed the first 10-title diving sweep and South Korea's Park Tae-Hwan won his 400m freestyle duel with Chinese ace Sun Yang. The Netherlands successfully defended their women's 4x100m crown and Italy's Federica Pellegrini sealed her second successive 400m freestyle world title.
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