Le Clos wins 50 fly before Aussies dominate Gold Coast golds
Associated PressGOLD COAST, Australia — Chad le Clos won the 50-meter butterfly for South Africa, did a victory lap on the pool deck and was back in the water within minutes leading halfway through the 200 freestyle final. The 200, not so much,” said le Clos, who came to the Gold Coast hoping to set a record for most career medals in the Commonwealth Games. When I saw Kyle coming past I was like, ‘ahhg,” he joked, “I nearly grabbed his leg.” Chalmers, the Olympic 100 freestyle champion who missed the world championships last year to undergo heart surgery for a for a non-life-threatening condition, powered home to hold off Olympic 400 gold medalist Horton. That kicked off a run of gold medals for the Aussies, with Clyde Lewis holding off Scotland’s Mark Szaranek and New Zealand’s Lewis Clareburt to win the 400 medley, Mitch Larkin winning the 100 backstroke, Emma McKeon leading a sweep of medals in the women’s 100 backstroke in a games record 56.78 seconds. Vasey’s win in 30.60 seconds gave England its fifth gold medal in the pool and Alia Atkinson of Jamaica picked up silver for the second straight Commonwealth Games.
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