Swimming - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games - Women's 100m Backstroke Final - Optus Aquatic Centre - Gold Coast, Australia - April 7, 2018. Kylie Masse of Canada celebrates with Emily Seebohm of Australia. REUTERS/David Gray
GOLD COAST, Australia (Reuters) - Canada's Kylie Masse ended the reign of Australia's Emily Seebohm in the women's 100m backstroke at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games on Saturday and continued their exciting rivalry heading into the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Masse clocked a Commonwealth Games record 58.63 seconds to pip Seebohm by 0.03 seconds in the lunge for the wall at the Gold Coast Aquatics centre. Canada's Taylor Ruck finished third.
