World Champion Coetze favourite to win 50 metres backstroke title
In an earlier race, Danika Vyncke narrowly missed out on a medal for South Africa when she finished fourth in the women’s S13 freestyle final, but she set a new African record, clocking one minute, four-point-six-eight seconds.
He broke the Commonwealth Games record twice on Friday, his time of 24-point-two-nine seconds in the semi-final was almost four tenths of a second quicker than the record he set in the heats earlier on Friday.
Australia’s Jenna Jones won gold in one minute, three-point-eight-nine seconds.
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