Historic swimming gold for Germany: 15-year dry spell ended – also thanks to Taylor Swift. 23-year-old from Berlin is world champion in the 100 meter butterfly.

Köhler clocked in 56.28 seconds in Qatar on Monday. She secured herself the Olympic ticket and the German Swimming Association's third precious metal on the second day of the competition. On Sunday there was bronze for Isabel Gose and Lukas Märtens (ck/ck/dpa)