Australia's Cate Campbell claims 50m freestyle gold


Swimming - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games - Women's 50m Freestyle Final - Optus Aquatic Centre - Gold Coast, Australia - April 7, 2018. Cate Campbell and Bronte Campbell of Australia hug. REUTERS/David Gray

GOLD COAST, Australia (Reuters) - Australia's Cate Campbell claimed her second gold medal of the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games when she won the women's 50 metres freestyle title on Saturday.

The 25-year-old clocked 23.78 seconds, just outside the world record of 23.67 set by Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom at last year's world championships in Budapest.

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