Every final threw up pioneering lines, podium efforts lauded for the speed that knocked times at the 2024 Olympic Games into a cocked hat (a little too much forgetfulness when it comes to pool depths and what a 2.1m depth prevented in Paris last year).

There was yet another double for Kaylee McKeown, the boss of backstroke, and yet another winning dash from her teammate "The Professor", Cameron McEvoy; Maxime Grousset and Noe Ponti flew into the sub-50s in the 100 'fly; and Gretchen Walsh's dominant 'fly dash doubled the membership of the sub-025 club in world0-champs waters missing Sarah Sjostrom for the best of reasons.

And then there was this - the greatest women's distance freestyle race in history. That's no disrespect for any of the 'race of the century claims real and daft before it but there's no question that what we witnessed went way beyond its billing, spilling into a three-way fight at pioneering pace, a fourth pioneering effort making the 800m freestyle here in Singapore the fastest 16 lengths ever, the tightness of the tussle at a pace four women have never mustered before in one pool, or even remotely in one and all seasons, made this moment simply the best. Links to our coverage of day 7 below.

It had it all ...