Maxime Grousset, of France, and Noe Ponti, of Switzerland, shifted the balance of 100 'fly power in Europe's favour with respective sub-50sec debuts of 49.62, a continental record, and 49.83 national standard to grab gold and silver at the World Championships in Singapore this evening.

The third man shuffling the all-time top 10 rankings was Olympic bronze medallist Ilya Kharun, of Canada, one 50.07 to move up to No 5 on the all-time textile top 10, the relevant list under current suit rules and those still in the swim.

Here's what that shuffle looks like with textile times only, Michael Phelps, left on the list as the 11th man for perspective, his 49.82 at Rome 2009 still fourth fastest all suits. All suits, there are now seven sub-50 swimmers in history, five in textile only:

Grousset, coached by Michel Chrétien at the Paris performance centre, roared under Caeleb Dressel's world-record pace to the turn: 23.00 - 26.45 for the American and his 49.45 World record at the Tokyo Olympics vs 22.80 - 26.82 for the a 49.62 European record 0.06sec inside Kristof Milak's European record, which was set in the same Olympic final at the delayed 2020ne Games.

Ponti, coached by Massimo Meloni and Andrea Mercuri, was out in 23.15, home in 26.68, Kharun 0.8sec back from the champion-to-be at the turn, a deficit he reduced by almost half on the homeward length. Kharun's bronze locked out teammate and Olympic silver medallist Josh Liendo.

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