Cameron McEvoy took out the men's 100m freestyle final, beating James Magnussen, foreground, to the wall. Picture: Brett Costello Source: News Corp Australia
JAMES Magnussen is pissed off, giant killer Cameron McEvoy is now the hunted and 16-year-old wunderkind Kyle Chalmers is the new hunter.
Welcome to the new world order of Australian sprinting.
McEvoy extended his recent dominance over the two-times world champion Magnussen by gunning down the sprint king in the final strokes of the 100m freestyle on Wednesday night.
It is the third time in their last four bouts that McEvoy has delivered the knockout blow, but interestingly it was the first time the younger 200m specialist had done so by coming from behind.
McEvoy hit the wall in 48.06s to just overhaul Magnussen who had led by 0.19s at the turn but finished in a disappointing 48.18s ahead of Tommaso D'Orsogna (48.54s) and 16-year-old rookie Chalmers (48.69s).
Cameron McEvoy celebrates his victory in swimming's blue riband event. Source: Getty Images
"This is definitely a new feeling. I've been the underdog in the past so it's a new feeling to be the hunted," McEvoy said.
"That time is still 0.4s off the top three or four last year. I take this meet as a stepping stone to the world championships.
"I'm still really happy with the win. I do take pride in always trying to be consistent when I step up to competitions and so far I've been able to do that.
"It's something me and my coach really work on and make my No. 1 priority."
This was the first major test of Magnussen's bold coaching switch last year and he is now searching for answers why he faded so poorly in the final 15m.
Magnussen will retain faith in his new coaches Mitch and Lach Falvey, believing he can swim his best times at the worlds rather than the first half of the year.
"That's pretty disappointing. I shouldn't be swimming 48s," Magnussen said.
"I'm really happy with the way I swam it I just died in the end.
"(Losing and the time) both equally pissed me off. Losing is probably worse.
"There is no need to be really fast at this time of the year. I just have to peak at the right time."
The big shock was 16-year-old Chalmers who became the fastest 16-year-old in world history and is actually a full second faster than McEvoy was at the same age four years ago.
Incredibly Chalmers felt he could've hauled in the two top dogs of world swimming with an extra 10m and is clearly a man to watch on the road to Rio.
"He said 'oh if only I had 10m more'," Chalmers' coach Shelly Jarrett said.
A dejected James Magnussen after finishing second in the men's 100m freestyle final. Picture: Brett Costello Source: News Corp Australia
"He is a pretty talented youngster and one of his qualities is he is great racer and able to raise the bar.
"We knew he was capable of something pretty awesome and breaking the 49 was pretty amazing for us. He was very happy."
Maddie Groves stamped herself as a genuine gold medal threat in the 200m butterfly winning in 2:05.41 from Brianna Throssell (2:07.29) in a time that is the second fastest in the world in the last 12 months.
Groves, 19, moved ahead of Susie O'Neill on the Australian all-time top 10 to second place and shapes as a bona-fide contender between now and Rio Olympics.
Bronte Campbell set the stage for an epic 100m freestyle final showdown with world champion sister Cate (53.08s) by qualifying fastest in 53.05s in the semi-finals.
Cate might not have been reserving as much in her tank as she has in the past, but is ready for the clash with her sister on Wednesday.
Kyle Chalmers, right, after qualifying for the world titles. Picture: Brett Costello. Source: News Corp Australia
"I tend to be that swimmer that doesn't look like she is trying but is actually dying on the inside," Cate said.
"I did what I needed to do, it put me through in a good lane and I think this time I will be breathing towards Bronte and be able to keep a little bit more of an eye on her on the way home."
Commonwealth champion Daniel Tranter proved his move to the US to train with Michael Phelps will soon pay dividends, defending his 200m medley title in 1:58.73 from Mackay's Justin James (1:58.86) and Tom Fraser-Holmes (1:59.55).
The time came off just three months training for Tranter who almost quit the sport late last year, but his world titles fate will rest in the hands of Australian team selectors after he fell short of the automatic qualifying time for Kazan.
In last night's other final Emily Seebohm continued her hot form breaking the 50m backstroke Commonwealth record in 27.47s.
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