GLASGOW (Reuters) - Scotland’s Ross Murdoch upset the odds by swimming a Commonwealth Games record time to beat favourite Michael Jamieson and secure an unexpected gold in the 200 metres breaststroke in Glasgow on Thursday.
Glasgow-born Jamieson, who won silver at the Delhi Games in 2010 and at the 2012 London Olympic Games, had been hotly tipped to win the first gold medal of his career but had to settle for another second-place finish after an astonishing swim from Murdoch.
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