Alexa Leary was peerless in Singapore to claim gold in the women's 100m freestyle S9 at the World Para Swimming Championships, beating her nearest competitor by almost three seconds.

Leary's win in the final individual event of Wednesday night's action in Singapore bookended a golden night for Australia after Callum Simpson won gold in the first event of the evening.

After putting in a strong performance during the heats, Leary was a red-hot favourite to take gold and threaten to better her own world record of 58.89 seconds.

Leary went hard in the opening 50 metres of Wednesday's final in pursuit of another world record but fell narrowly short of that milestone, claiming the gold medal with a time of 59.19 seconds.

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