Swimming-'Professor' McEvoy offers new lesson in versatility

Swimming - World Aquatics Championships - Aspire Dome, Doha, Qatar - February 12, 2024 Portugal's Diogo Matos Ribeiro celebrates on the podium after winning the Men's 50m butterfly with second placed Michael Andrew of the U.S. and third place Australia's Cameron McEvoy REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina

DOHA (Reuters) - Having torn up the textbook on sprint training to snatch a freestyle world title at Fukuoka last year, Cameron McEvoy now has a surprise butterfly bronze to add to his trophy cabinet and burnish a career that just keeps on giving.

A few months before his 30th birthday, Australian McEvoy competed in the first, non-freestyle world final of his career at the championships in Doha on Monday, finishing third in the 50 metres butterfly won by Portugal's Diogo Ribeiro.