July 27, 2014
South Africa`s Chad le Clos set his status as the world`s best 200m butterfly swimmer as he held his Commonwealth Games title, while Australia included an alternate four golds in the pool.
The most amazing individual execution, in any case, went to England`s Fran Halsall as she softened two Commonwealth Games records up winning the women`s 50m freestyle and qualifying speediest for Sunday`s 50m butterfly last.
Le Clos about came a cropper before he even got into the pool on Saturday in the wake of curving his lower leg when slipping off a transport as he landed over at the athletes` town on Friday night.
Be that as it may, once he was in the water he sped clear of the field in the last 50 meters.
"Last night I slipped off the bus, so I was a bit worried, my ankle was a bit swollen," said Le Clos.
"It wasn`t too bad, so I just iced it. This morning it was quite bad in the heats so I was a bit worried, but we had 10 hours to strap it up and needle it a little bit so thanks to the physios."
Halsall demonstrated almost as solid as she set another particular best to see off Australian 100m freestyle title holder Cate Campbell by only four hundredths of a second in 23:96sec. Cate`s sister Bronte Campbell took bronze.
"It`s been a fairytale evening for me tonight," said Halsall.
"To set a best time in the 50m freestyle and then another one in the fly. I can`t ask for more than two best times in one evening, especially with how special the crowd were in really supporting me.
"It has been an amazing evening that I will remember for a very long time."
There was more delight for England as 19-year-old Adam Peaty beat Olympic champion Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa into second in the men`s 100m breaststroke.
Ross Murdoch proceeded with his great meet with bronze in the wake of guaranteeing gold in the 200m breaststroke to expand Scotland`s decoration count in the pool to six.
Daniel Fox got Australia`s first gold of the nighttime in the men`s para-don 200m freestyle to add to his new world record time of 1min 57:16sec from qualifying on Saturday.
Thomas Hamer brought silver for England with Wales` Jack Thomas asserting bronze.
There was an Australian one-two in the women`s 200m breaststroke as Taylor Mckeown fixed gold in front of buddy Sally Hunter, while England`s Molly Renshaw guaranteed bronze.
Emily Seebohm additionally set another Commonwealth Games record of 59:37sec in holding her 100m backstroke title.
Georgia Davies adjusted off an empowering nighttime for Wales with silver with an alternate Aussie Belinda Hocking taking bronze.
Furthermore the women`s 4x200m freestyle hand-off group took Australia`s gold decoration count to 11 from a conceivable 21 following three days in the pool at the Tollcross International Swimming Center as they crushed the past Games record by about four seconds in 7min 49:90sec.
Australian consideration on Sunday will turn to the double for gold between James Magnussen and Cameron Mcevoy after they traveled into the last of the men`s 100 freestyle.
Magnussen was quickest in both the warms and the semi-finals on Saturday, yet demands he has bounty more to give in the last.
"I`m still holding a bit back, but that is to come out," he said.
"It is hard to say where I am until I`m put under pressure, it wasn`t really that close so with Cam next to me tomorrow it will test me out a bit more."
An alternate Australian Ben Treffers went quickest in fitting the bill for the men`s 50m backstroke last in front of 100m backstroke gold medallist Chris Walker-Hebborn of England and Wales` Marco Loughran.
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South Africa`s Chad le Clos set his status as the world`s best 200m butterfly swimmer as he held his Commonwealth Games title, while Australia included an alternate four golds in the pool. The most amazing individual execution, in any case, went to England`s Fran Halsall as she softened two Commonwealth Games records up winning the women`s 50m freestyle and qualifying speediest for Sunday`s 50m butterfly last.
Le Clos about came a cropper before he even got into the pool on Saturday in the wake of curving his lower leg when slipping off a transport as he landed over at the athletes` town on Friday night.
Be that as it may, once he was in the water he sped clear of the field in the last 50 meters.
"Last night I slipped off the bus, so I was a bit worried, my ankle was a bit swollen," said Le Clos.
"It wasn`t too bad, so I just iced it. This morning it was quite bad in the heats so I was a bit worried, but we had 10 hours to strap it up and needle it a little bit so thanks to the physios."
Halsall demonstrated almost as solid as she set another particular best to see off Australian 100m freestyle title holder Cate Campbell by only four hundredths of a second in 23:96sec. Cate`s sister Bronte Campbell took bronze.
"It`s been a fairytale evening for me tonight," said Halsall.
"To set a best time in the 50m freestyle and then another one in the fly. I can`t ask for more than two best times in one evening, especially with how special the crowd were in really supporting me.
"It has been an amazing evening that I will remember for a very long time."
There was more delight for England as 19-year-old Adam Peaty beat Olympic champion Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa into second in the men`s 100m breaststroke.
Ross Murdoch proceeded with his great meet with bronze in the wake of guaranteeing gold in the 200m breaststroke to expand Scotland`s decoration count in the pool to six.
Daniel Fox got Australia`s first gold of the nighttime in the men`s para-don 200m freestyle to add to his new world record time of 1min 57:16sec from qualifying on Saturday.
Thomas Hamer brought silver for England with Wales` Jack Thomas asserting bronze.
There was an Australian one-two in the women`s 200m breaststroke as Taylor Mckeown fixed gold in front of buddy Sally Hunter, while England`s Molly Renshaw guaranteed bronze.
Emily Seebohm additionally set another Commonwealth Games record of 59:37sec in holding her 100m backstroke title.
Georgia Davies adjusted off an empowering nighttime for Wales with silver with an alternate Aussie Belinda Hocking taking bronze.
Furthermore the women`s 4x200m freestyle hand-off group took Australia`s gold decoration count to 11 from a conceivable 21 following three days in the pool at the Tollcross International Swimming Center as they crushed the past Games record by about four seconds in 7min 49:90sec.
Australian consideration on Sunday will turn to the double for gold between James Magnussen and Cameron Mcevoy after they traveled into the last of the men`s 100 freestyle.
Magnussen was quickest in both the warms and the semi-finals on Saturday, yet demands he has bounty more to give in the last.
"I`m still holding a bit back, but that is to come out," he said.
"It is hard to say where I am until I`m put under pressure, it wasn`t really that close so with Cam next to me tomorrow it will test me out a bit more."
An alternate Australian Ben Treffers went quickest in fitting the bill for the men`s 50m backstroke last in front of 100m backstroke gold medallist Chris Walker-Hebborn of England and Wales` Marco Loughran.
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