On the penultimate night of the eight-day titles, Seebohm, 25, clocked two minutes, 05.68 seconds to hold out local hope Katinka Hosszu with American Kathleen Baker third.
Australia’s Kaylee McKeown – just 16 years old – set a new junior world record (2:05.85) to finish fourth on debut.
It capped a remarkable comeback for Seebohm, who considered walking away from the sport after health issues sabotaged her Rio Olympic campaign.
“I am just amazed at what I have been able to achieve tonight,” said Seebohm.
“But if I had won or lost tonight I would have been so proud of my performances and what I have overcome.”
It was also an enormous relief to an Australian team that had been running out of time to finally register gold…
Source: Emily Seebohm breaks Australian gold drought at world swimming championships
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