Isaac Cooper has won Australia’s sixth gold at the world championship, racing to the podium in the men’s 50m backstroke at the Doha event.
It is the first individual gold at a global championships for the Bundaberg swimmer, who won two relay golds at the short-course worlds in Melbourne in 2022.
Cooper stunned world record holder Hunter Armstrong, edging the American by 0.2 seconds with Poland’s Ksawery Masiuk in third.
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