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Welcome to the penultimate night session of the 2026 Commonwealth Games. We have simply two extra periods to award medals, however the motion tonight is shaping as much as be the most effective but. It’s an ideal mixture of sprints and distances, with all the celebs of the meet probably in motion.
Things kick off like Guy Fawkes night time, with burning velocity, as the primary three occasions are all dash freestyles. The males’s and ladies’s 50 free S13 finals are the proper set-up for the lads’s 100 free last. Canada’s Nicholas-Guy Turbide has a minuscule benefit over crowd favourite Stephen Clegg, with the pair swimming 25.29 and 25.33 this morning. The pair might be pressed by South Africa’s Nathan Hendricks and England’s Matthew Redfern within the last, with all 4 seeded inside 1 / 4 of a second of each other. In the ladies’s model of the occasion, Australia’s Kiralee Hayes has a snug second benefit over the sector. Still, the battle behind her is tight as her compatriots Jenna Jones and Mia Hogan will look to go Danika Vyncke of South Africa and make it one more all-Australian podium.
The males’s 100 free is a battle of titans as Kyle Chalmers seems to be to defend his title. The eleven-time Commonwealth Games medalist was the lone swimmer from the semifinals to supply a sub-48-second time. Still, it definitely just isn’t a fait accompli, as his compatriot and the 2nd seed Flynn Southam produced a brand new private better of 47.09 main off the lads’s 4×100 free relay. The pair of Aussies are flanked on both facet by two medal threats as Josh Liendo of Canada and Wales’s Matt Richards will look to disrupt the Australian dominance on this occasion.
The splash-and-dash, all-out racing of the freestyle sprints offers method to the techniques of the IM occasions. While the 200 has develop into far more of a dash, each the 200 and 400 IM are all about minimizing one’s weaknesses and maximizing one’s strengths, and the ladies’s occasion is an ideal demonstration of this. Australia’s Jenna Forrester leads the way in which and can look to make use of her backstroke to construct herself an unassailable lead, however she’ll need to fend off the again half prowess of Aimee Canny and Abbie Wood, each of whom are formidable breaststrokers and freestylers. Wood’s teammate, Amalie Smith, will hope to make use of her breaststroke abilities to copy her success within the 400 IM final night time. The prelims of the lads’s 400 IM was a really tight affair with lower than half a second separating the highest three. Defending champion Lewis Clareburt leads the sector and can hope that his come-from-behind victory in final night time’s 200 fly will assist him maintain off a hungry William Petric of Australia and England’s Max Litchfield, who, regardless of ending 4th on the Olympics within the occasion 3 times, has by no means medaled on this occasion on the Commonwealth Games.
The session oscillates forwards and backwards between sprints and longer occasions, and after the 400 IM, we return to a set of three 50s. The Australian trio of Meg Harris, Shayna Jack and Alex Perkins posted the lone sub-25 occasions this morning and can look to do the identical this night as they put together to comb the rostrum tomorrow night time. The Australian males will look to set themselves as much as do the identical as Kyle Chalmers finds himself as the highest seed in one more occasion. Similar to the 100 free, he has a compatriot to 1 facet as Ben Armbruster is the 2nd seed. The third Australian within the area is a bit again within the area, however Cam McEvoy definitely has the pedigree to earn a spot within the last.
The ladies’s 50 again is one other tight area with three swimmers posting sub-28 occasions final night time. Leading the way in which is the defending champion, Kylie Masse. The Canadian, a five-time Olympic medalist, is within the midst of a protracted break, however has seemed robust this week, taking silver within the 100 backstroke. She’ll need to fend off Australia’s Iona Anderson and Lauren Cox of England, with the pair sitting a number of tenths again of Masse’s 27.57 semifinal swim.
From the velocity of the 50s, we transfer to the pacing and DPS methods of the 200 breaststroke. Canada’s Oliver Dawson posted the quickest time of the morning, however could have his palms full as Filip Nowacki might be on the hunt for Jersey’s first gold medal in any sport for the reason that 1990 Games. It received’t be a straightforward activity, as he’ll need to deal with the partisan crowd supporting Scotland’s two entrants, Joshua Mitchell and George Smith, in addition to Zac Stubblety-Cook, whose backhalf skills ought to fear everybody.
A bit of refreshing style of velocity will get the guts fee again up as the ladies’s 50 breast finals and the lads’s 100 backstroke semi-finals get issues going earlier than Lani Pallister makes an attempt historical past within the 800 free. Pallister’s teammate Sienna Toohey holds a slim lead over the competitors within the 50 breaststroke, however search for defending champion Lara van Niekerk to not make it simple for the younger Australian to assert her first Commonwealth gold medal.
If you’re watching the dwell stream, you could want to flip down your quantity when the primary semifinal of the lads’s 100 backstroke will get launched (particularly if Anna Morgan medals within the occasion prior), as Scotland’s Matthew Ward put himself into excellent standing to make the ultimate, posting the 2nd quickest time this morning. Ward must put up a fast time as the following warmth is definitely the stronger of the 2, containing the highest seed Oliver Morgan, the Australian pair of Henry Allan and Isaac Cooper, in addition to South Africa’s Pieter Coetze. The defending World champion within the occasion, Coetze, has been on hearth this week, successful each the 50 and 200 backstroke.
Top seed by almost 15 seconds: Lani Pallister seems to be like the apparent favourite to win the 800 free, a feat that, if she accomplishes it, won’t solely yield her 4th gold medal of the meet but in addition the first-ever sweep of the gap occasions, because the 1500 free was added to this system this yr. New Zealand’s Erika Fairweather finds herself in a well-known place behind Pallister, however on this distance, could also be threatened by Australia’s Molly Walker or fellow Kiwis Caitlin Deans and Eve Thomas.
Things conclude with the blended medley relay the place Australia sees itself in a well-known place, occupying lane 4. Seeded greater than two seconds away from the sector, the group of Iona Anderson, Sam Williamson, Matt Temple and Meg Harris will look to cruise to the gold forward of England and Scotland, who look like locked into fight with each other as the 2 nations are separated by lower than half a second. Each nation is loading up the relay, with England calling upon Adam Ramsay-Peaty and Freya Colbert whereas Scotland will use nationwide file holders Angharad Evans, Keanna MacInnes and Duncan Scott.
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Scotland acquired issues off to a very popular begin this night as Stephen Clegg used an ideal begin to give himself a lead. The S12 athlete holds the Commonwealth Games file from 4 years in the past, and whereas he was a bit off that mark, the Scotsman took the win tonight in 24.73, holding off the fast-charging Nathan Hendricks of South Africa (24.84) and Nicolas Turbide (24.96).
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The ladies’s S13 50 free went the way in which of the prelims outcomes, with Australia’s Kirralle Hayes defending her high billing, successful the occasion in 27.63. Taking the silver behind her in a brand new African Record was Danika Vyncke together with her 28.41. There was a decent battle for the bronze, nevertheless it was the third seed and S12 athlete Jenna Jones taking the win over her compatriot Mia Hogan, 29.02 to 29.26.
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From the beginning, Canada’s Josh Liendo within the lead, powering off the blocks and using some robust underwaters, however the Australian pair of Flynn Southam and Kyle Chalmers quickly caught him, with Southam flipping first at 22.62, with a .40 second lead over his compatriot. The pair of Aussies and Wales’s Matt Richards quickly established themselves because the frontrunners, with the group exploding out of the flip.
Southam’s lead was an excessive amount of to beat, with the Australian powering to the wall in 47.13, splitting 24.51 over the past size. Before this week, the time would have clocked in as a private finest, however Southam led off the lads’s 4×100 free relay in a Commonwealth Games file of 47.09. His time from a number of days in the past almost bettered the Commonwealth file held by Cam McEvoy of 47.04. The Australians have a lot of swimmers with private bests simply north of 47.00, together with Eamon Sullivan, Kyle Chalmers and James Magnussen, all throughout the 47.05-47.10 vary.
Chalmers seemed robust for the silver, however couldn’t maintain off the late cost and powerful end of Richards, who took .10 out of the Aussie on the backhalf to take the silver medal 47.64 to 47.74.
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It was a back-and-forth affair that noticed the lead change at each wall, with the eight finalists utilizing their strengths to tug themselves into the lead. Aimee Canny, the South African who trains on the University of Virginia, opened in 27.62, holding a .30 lead on Ella Ramsay of Australia; the pair had been unable to maintain their positions on the entrance, falling again into the sector because the backstrokers took over.
Scotland’s Katie Shanahan, lifeless final on the first wall (28.36), pulled herself all the way in which to the entrance. The runner-up within the 200 again dropped a hammer of a 50, producing the quickest cut up of 32.07, to hit the midway level first at 1:00.43. The Scot outsplit Australia’s Jenna Forrester, the highest seed, by a full half second, with the Aussie’s 32.57 pulling her up from sixth into 2nd at 1:00.64.
Just as that they had gained the benefit with their strengths, the breaststrokers made their transfer on the third 50 with Amalie Smith of England taking up the lead on the final flip, hitting the wall in 1:38.35, due to a 37.60 breaststroke cut up. It wasn’t the quickest cut up as Canny, who fell again to seventh on the 100 flip, dropped a 36.58 hammer of a cut up to take a seat .11 again of Smith, and simply .01 forward of Forrester.
With the highest three entrants separated by .12, they referred to as upon no matter that they had left to carry them dwelling, with Forrester closing quickest with a 30.77, final 50 to overhaul each Smith and Canny to win in 2:09.24. With the win, Forrester has her third gold medal of the meet, along with her 400 free bronze medal. Of word, all of her medals got here from non-relay occasions. Canny, who additionally was sub-31 within the final 50, took the silver in 2:09.37, .24 forward of Smith, who earned the bronze medal in 2:09.61.
Forrester was a bit off her season finest of two:09.07 from Australian Trials, whereas Canny and Smith each hit new private bests and milestones. For Canny, her time tonight takes over half a second off her nationwide file, whereas Smith now sits tied because the fifth quickest Brit ever and rewrites the European Junior Record guide.
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Much like within the 200 butterfly final night time, Lewis Clareburt bided his time over the opening lengths of the 400 IM, earlier than utilizing a robust backhalf to take the win and defend his title, including to his title protection from final night time. Clareburt trailed after the primary 100, considered one of his strengths, by a really broad margin as Canada’s Lorne Wigginton attacked the race with abandon, opening up in 55.53 almost three seconds forward of Clareburt and his 58.45.
Wigginton, who earlier this month lowered his nation’s longest-standing file, saved the lead by the 250 mark, however was ever being chased down by each Clareburt and Australia’s William Petric. The pair had been over a second and a half again on the 200-meter mark, however surged on Wigginton’s weak point, the breaststroke, making up the distinction and passing him on the 300 flip, with Clareburt edging out a lead of a second on Wigginton, and half a second on Petric.
With simply the freestyle left, Clareburt powered his method to the wall, splitting 28.89 and 28.19 to return to the wall in 4:08.72. His time, simply .02 shy of his successful time and Commonwealth file from two years in the past, ranks the Kiwi fifth on the planet this season. Both Petric and Wigginton, who held on for the bronze, had been a bit off their season bests, with the pair rounding out the rostrum with occasions of 4:11.02 and 4:11.38.
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Uganda’s Gloria Muzito acquired off to a blistering begin out of lane 2 within the first semifinal, however the energy and expertise of the center of the pool was an excessive amount of for her to stay within the lead as Shayna Jack took the win in 24.42. The Australian, who introduced her intentions to retire on the conclusion of this meet, took .02 off her prelims outcomes to make sure a spot within the last tomorrow. She was joined beneath the 25-second mark by South Africa’s Jessica Thompson, who hit the wall in 24.92, and by Wales’ Theodora Taylor, who touched third in 24.97, .14 quicker than her swim this morning.
The 2nd semifinal noticed Jack’s teammates and 4×100 free relay companions Meg Harris and Alex Perkins take the highest spots because the pair hit the wall in 24.18 and 24.77. Harris, the defending World Champion from Singapore, set herself up properly so as to add one other particular person gold medal to her win within the 100 free final night time. All three Australians have been quicker this yr, with Harris’s 24.08 inserting fifth on the planet this season, however with the three of them anticipated to advance, they probably saved one thing for tomorrow night time. Like the primary warmth, the 2nd semifinal noticed a third swimmer get beneath the 25-second barrier as South Africa’s Caitlin de Lange dropped from a 25.05 this morning to 24.82 this night.
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Ties after ties after ties.
The high 16 males within the 50 fly produced some very speedy outcomes with three units of ties showing amongst the highest 9 performers. Ben Armbruster acquired issues off to a really robust begin within the first semifinal, breaking the Games file set 4 years in the past, as he got here inside .01 of Ben Proud’s 22.81. For the 24-year-old, his time of twenty-two.82 not solely stands as a private finest, however clocks him in as tied for eighth on the planet this season, an enchancment of .08 from his successful time on the Australian Trials.
Armbruster must wait to see the place the pc decides to position him tomorrow as his compatriot Kyle Chalmers equaled his 22.82 by successful the 2nd semifinal. Chalmers, the 18th quickest performer of all time, was not far off his PB of twenty-two.77, set earlier this yr in April, and each he and Armbruster might be concentrating on Matt Targett’s (forgive the pun) supersuited nationwide and Oceanian file of twenty-two.73. The pair received’t be alone within the quest for that mark, because the quickest man within the 50 free, Cam McEvoy, secured the third seed. He and the remainder of the sector are properly again of the highest pair as he hit the wall in 23.41.
South Africa’s Calvyn Justus and Jacob Peters tied for fifth at 23.49, whereas Nigeria’s Abduljabar Adama and Wales’s Lewis Fraser tied for eighth at 23.52, necessitating the primary swim-off of the meet.
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Kylie Masse produced the quickest time of her comeback, taking the win in 27.32, knocking .03 off her successful time from the Canadian Trials. With tonight’s win, the Canadian defends her title from 4 years in the past and earns her 2nd medal of the meet after ending 2nd within the 100 again finals. Her time tonight was a powerful outcome, because it was .01 quicker than her 4th place end at Worlds final yr and jumps her up one spot within the World rankings to take a seat ninth.
She displaces Australia’s Iona Anderson from that spot, with the 100 again winner dropping to tenth. Anderson was unable to equal her 27.33 from Australian Trials and settled for the silver this night, incomes her spot on the rostrum with a results of 27.45. She held off a fast-charging Lauren Cox, with the English girl incomes the bronze in a time of 27.56.
Two different ladies joined the rostrum with sub-28 swims as Northern Ireland’s Danielle Hill took 4th in 27.87 and Olivia Nel, an NC State graduate, took fifth in 27.95, after having scratched the 50 free semifinals.
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While not a private finest, Jersey’s Filip Nowacki made historical past for Jersey by successful the island’s 2nd swimming medal and simply the island’s 2nd gold.
Filip Nowacki wins the Bailiwick of Jersey’s 2nd-ever Commonwealth Gold medal and their 2nd-ever swimming medal. The Island first and final noticed gold in 1990 when Colin Malleet received the Open Full Bore Rifle Queen’s Prize.
— SwimSwam Live (@SwimSwamLive) July 28, 2026
The 2026 Aquatics GB Champion, Nowacki, who completed runner-up within the 100 breaststroke, jumped out to an early lead and by no means seemed again. Opening in 28.94, the lone sub-29-second cut up, Nowacki’s 32.50 2nd cut up, additionally the quickest cut up, led the sector by .41 as his 1:01.44 gave him a slight edge over Oliver Dawson of Canada, who was sitting 2nd at 1:01.85.
Nowacki continued to edge out a lead, as his 32.87 was the lone sub-33 cut up on the third leg, and now with a .72 benefit on the sector, Nowacki had seemed good for the gold. Dawson and Australia’s Zac Stubblety-Cook tried their finest to peg him again, however he had an excessive amount of of a lead, with the Jersey native taking the win in 2:07.87, almost a second quicker than his nationwide championships successful time of two:08.52. Dawson took the silver in 2:08.39, with the Australian and defending champion taking third at 2:08.91, utilizing a swift 32.85 final 50 to maneuver previous England’s Greg Butler on the final size to earn the bronze.
For Dawson, the mark erases the 18-year-old nationwide file set on the 2008 Olympics by Mike Brown of two:08.84, along with his 2:08.39 additionally leaping him into the World’s high 10 this yr, clocking in at fifth, with Nowacki’s results of 2:07.87 pushing him up from fifth to third.
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It was a really tight last within the ladies’s 50 breaststroke, nevertheless it was the defending champion Lara van Niekerk who acquired her palms to the wall first, utilizing a powerful end to take the win in 30.43. While properly off her four-year-old time of 29.73, the South African added one more gold medal to her assortment.
Van Niekerk entered because the 2nd seed, having gone 30.63 within the semifinals, and her .20 drop was sufficient to go the younger Australian Sienna Toohey, who entered the ultimate as the highest seed. Toohey, who produced a time of 30.58 final night time, was additionally quicker, however was unable to match the South African’s velocity and took the silver medal in 30.54.
The bronze medal was an in depth battle between the third and 4th seeds, Imogen Clark and Sophie Angus of England and South Africa. .05 separated the pair within the semifinals, and every was quicker this night, lifeless heating for the bronze medal in a time of 30.86. All 4 medalists have been quicker this yr, with Van Niekerk having gone 30.12 within the prelims yesterday morning, a time that ranks her fifth quickest on the planet this season.
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Pieter Coetze did it once more, setting one more new Games file within the backstroke occasions, having reset the marks en path to his wins in each the 50 and 200 backstrokes. The 2025 World Champion, Coetze, entered the semifinal as the highest seed and knew the time to beat from the primary warmth was 53.41.
His compatriot, Ruard van Renen, the 4th seed from this morning’s prelims, established this mark as he beat out England’s Jack Skerry and the host nation’s Matthew Ward. Van Renen, a Georgia Bulldog, was out quicker than the pair, opening in 25.60, earlier than closing in 27.81 to file a brand new private finest by .20 and to now bounce into the world’s high 20 this season at sixteenth. Skerry and Ward did their finest to run him down, closing in 27.67 and 27.44 to complete 2nd and third within the first semifinal in occasions of 53.58 and 53.59.
The 2nd semifinal, with nationwide file holder Coetze and England’s Oliver Morgan within the area, was certain to be quick, and Coetze didn’t disappoint as he jumped out to a half-second lead over Morgan, flipping 25.09 to 25.59. Coetze saved up the tempo, producing the quickest final 50 within the area of 27.11, t to cease the clock at 52.20, taking almost a second out of the Games file of 53.12. Morgan was additionally beneath that mark as he took 2nd within the warmth with a time of 53.09. Coetze’s time is a 0.20 enchancment over his successful time at April’s South African National Championship, and he now sits in first place on the planet this season.
| 2 | Xu Jiayu | CHN | 52.39 | 11/12 |
| 3 | Oliver MORGAN | GBR | 52.41 | 04/16 |
| 4 | Apostolos CHRISTOU | GRE | 52.47 | 06/27 |
| 5 | Kliment KOLESNIKOV | RUS | 52.51 | 06/10 |
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Australia’s Henry Allan was off his successful time from his nation’s trials, however his 53.93 and Isaac Cooper’s 54.58 had been sufficient to earn spots within the last tomorrow.
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Lani Pallister, with the win within the 800 free, acquired a double serving to of historical past: not solely did she develop into the primary particular person to comb the gap freestyle occasions, successful the 400, 800 and 1500 freestyles, however she additionally took down the Commonwealth Games file set by Ariarne Titmus.
Four years in the past, Titmus received the occasion in a then-Games and Oceanian file of 8:13.59. Pallister, third in Birmingham with an 8:19.16, took down the Oceanian file final yr after which erased the Games file this night, posting an 8:11.12 to win the occasion. The quick course world file holder within the occasion, Pallister’s win was by no means doubtful as her 1:58.94 200 cut up was almost two seconds forward of Fairweather’s 2:00.83 cut up. Pallister solely continued to pad her lead, holding 30 highs and 31 lows over the following 200, hitting the midway mark in 4:02.30, six seconds forward of Fairweather’s 4:08.65 and 10 seconds away from Molly Walker’s 4:12.43.
Pallister tried to carry 31 lows, however crept as much as 31.50 on the 600 flip and stayed there earlier than dropping a 31.22 and 29.64 to return dwelling in 1:00.86 to take the gold with an 8:11.12. While not a finest time, the result’s a 0.06 enchancment over her outcome from April’s Australian Open and continues to arrange a tantalizing potential Pan-Pac showdown with Katie Ledecky and Summer McIntosh.
Fairweather, six seconds again on the 400 mark, pale a bit extra, ending 13.85 again to safe the silver in a time of 8:24.97. She was almost run down by Molly Walker, who perhaps left it a bit too late to make a cost, closing within the quickest final 50 of 29.14 to the touch third in 8:25.93.
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There is rather a lot to unpack with this race, and we are going to cowl all of it in different articles, however the Australians acquired issues down with a really robust efficiency within the Mixed Medley relay, with the squad of Iona Anderson, Sam Williamson, Matt Temple and Meg Harris setting a brand new Games file by almost a second, with the quartet producing a time of three:40.46.
While the Australians had been properly again of the South Africans and Scottish groups who used male backstrokers, the Australian victory was by no means actually doubtful as Anderson was the winner of the ladies’s 100 again, Williamson, the winner of the lads’s 100 breaststroke, Temple, the runner-up within the males’s 100 fly (by .01), and Harris the winner of the ladies’s 100 free.
Anderson’s 59.44 put the Australians into fifth, however Sam Williamson’s 58.81 pulled his nation up into third earlier than turning issues over to Temple. Beaten to the gold and Games file by .01 by Canada’s Josh Liendo, Temple produced a powerful 50.05 cut up to carry the Australians into the lead, earlier than Harris’s 52.16 closed it out.
South Africa additionally made some historical past, as Pieter Coetze led off his nation’s relay in a brand new Games file, erasing his lower than an hour previous mark as he turned issues over to Michael Houlie with a cut up of 51.98, his 2nd quickest efficiency ever, and his third time beneath 52.00. Houlie’s 59.65 saved his nation within the lead, however gave up some floor to the chasing Australians and Canadians. Erin Gallagher and Aimee Canny produced robust splits of 57.40 and 53.58 to maintain South Africa on the rostrum, with the quartet posting a brand new nationwide and continental file of three:42.61. Chad le Clos, who swam within the prelims this morning, earned his record-tying twentieth Commonwealth medal, equalling the mark of Australia’s Emma McKeon.
Scotland delighted the house crowd with a bronze medal. Matthew Ward led off in 53.55, like Coetze, quicker than his 100 again semifinal time, and turned issues over to 100 breaststroke Champion, Angharad Evans. Evans, considered one of two feminine breaststrokers, dropped a really swift 1:04.52 to maintain the host nation in second. Keanna MacInnes, the silver medalist within the 100 fly, posted a 57.60 cut up, however the Scots pale to sixth, partially as Australia’s Temple and Canada’s Josh Liendo each swam their nation’s fly legs. However, the advantage of utilizing a feminine on the breast and fly legs meant that the Scots might name upon a male freestyle and Duncan Scott, a hero of many British relays, pulled his nation up from sixth onto the rostrum along with his 48.06 cut up, passing the groups from Northern Ireland, England and Canada. The Scottish group’s time of three:43.70 obliterates their earlier time of three:48.55 from 4 years in the past.
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Abduljabar Adama of Nigeria tied with Lewis Fraser of Wales within the semifinals of the lads’s 50 fly for eighth, with the pair hitting an equal 23.52. In the swim-off for the appropriate to take lane 8 tomorrow, Adama of Nigeria took the win in 23.32, forward of Fraser’s 23.55.
Fraser seemed to have the benefit off the beginning, however Adama, who trains within the UK in Dartmoor, took a breath with 15 meters to go, and the hit of oxygen appeared to offer the Nigerian file holder an edge, as he surged to the wall, taking .16 off his PB and nationwide file.
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