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Huske was ahead of the world record time in the final 50m but
eventually finished with a time of 55.64 seconds - just 0.16
seconds shy.
The 19-year-old finished half a second ahead of France's Marie
Wattel who took silver while China's Zhang Yufei took the
bronze.
"I'm so happy, this is an amazing field of women and I'm just
very lucky to be here. I don't know how to put this into words,
but I just want to thank my coaches and family back home," Huske
said.
"It's helped (my confidence) a little bit but I still have a lot
of races to focus on."
The medal was her second at the championships after helping the
U.S. team win the women's 4x100m freestyle relay on Saturday.
Dressel, who led the U.S. to the 4x100m freestyle gold on
Saturday, powered to victory in the 50m butterfly on the back of
a brilliant start, carrying that momentum all the way to the
finish with a time of 22.57 seconds.
"It wasn't a perfect race but certainly a fun one, really happy
to get that first individual race over and done with," he said.
"I definitely had the jitters today, especially in my hotel
room, that's when it's the worst. But once I'm on the blocks
that's as safe as I feel."
He pipped his rivals in a tight race where Brazil's Nicholas
Santos took the silver while American Michael Andrew came third
after finishing 0.01 seconds behind Santos.
Santos, 42, also became the first swimmer to claim a medal at
the world championships after his 40th birthday.
WALSH WINS MEDLEY
In the final race of the day, Alex Walsh gave Americans more
reason to cheer when she took gold in the women's 200m
individual medley.
The 20-year-old -- a silver medallist in the same event in Tokyo
last year -- finished with a time of 2:07.13. She was 1.44
seconds ahead of Australia's Kaylee McKeown while Walsh's team
mate Leah Hayes won the bronze.
Home favourite and defending champion Katinka Hosszu, who has
won 15 medals at the world championships, was well off the pace
as the 33-year-old finished a disappointing seventh.
Earlier, Nicolo Martinenghi became the first Italian to win the
men's 100 metre breaststroke gold.
Martinenghi had won the bronze at the Olympic Games last year
but this time the 22-year-old raced into the lead and was
unassailable on the final stretch, winning by 0.36 seconds.
"It's amazing, it's my first world final and first gold medal at
the worlds," Martinenghi said.
Tokyo silver medallist Arno Kamminga of the Netherlands finished
second while American Nic Fink was third, with only 0.03 seconds
separating the two.
The field was open after Britain's eight-time world champion
Adam Peaty, holder of the 50m and 100m breaststroke titles,
pulled out of the world championships after fracturing a bone in
his foot last month.
(Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Toby Davis)
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