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Campbell sisters make Games history
"Hopefully we continue to push each other along, because I think this is great for swimming in Australia," Cate said.
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Cate and Bronte Campbell became the first sisters to take gold and silver in the same Commonwealth Games race and, for the sake of Australian swimming, just hope their sibling rivalry continues.
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Cate just held off her fast finishing younger sister in the 100m freestyle on Monday in 52.68 seconds - the fastest time of the year - while Bronte's 52.86 was also fast enough to have won Olympic gold two years ago.
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Emma McKeon completed the trifecta with bronze to reinforce the health of Australian sprint swimming.
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Australia's men also claimed a clean sweep in the 200m backstroke final as they ended a 40-year drought in the event in style.
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Mitch Larkin (pictured) clocked one minute 55.83 seconds as compatriots Josh Beaver (1:56.19) and Matson Lawson (1:56.63) took silver and bronze respectively.
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England-born Australian Lorna Tonks was in tears after claiming silver in the 100m breastroke final and later revealed that she swam with her eyes closed.
"I started that just before (Glasgow) trials.
"I was always concentrating on who was around me, so I just tried something different.
"It was really weird at first but I got used to it".
Attribution: Not Supplied"I started that just before (Glasgow) trials.
"I was always concentrating on who was around me, so I just tried something different.
"It was really weird at first but I got used to it".
World champion Christian Sprenger also bounced back from his struggles in Glasgow to win bronze in the 50m breaststroke final.
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Teenager Maddie Groves won a bronze medal for Australia in the women's 200m butterfly final.
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Laetisha Scanlan led the charge for the green and gold outside the pool, claiming gold in the women's trap after initially being told by her coach that she hadn't advanced past her semi-final.
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