Chalmers the beating heart of Australian swimming gold rush


Swimming - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games - Men's 200m Freestyle Final - Optus Aquatic Centre - Gold Coast, Australia - April 6, 2018 - Gold medalist Kyle Chalmers, silver medalists Mac Horton of Australia and bronze medalists Duncan Scott of Scotland on the podium. REUTERS/David Gray

GOLD COAST, Australia (Reuters) - Kyle Chalmers definitively demonstrated he had recovered from heart surgery last year to clinch two golds as the Australians dominated the second day of the swimming at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games on Friday.

Despite a torrential downpour, 'Australia Advance Fair' was played six times from nine events at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre, with the host nation completing two one-two finishes and a clean sweep in the women's 100 metres butterfly.

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