Australian Emma McKeon has become the most successful athlete in Commonwealth Games history.
McKeon won her 11th gold medal in the women’s 50m freestyle overnight to surpass fellow Aussie swimming greats Susie O’Neill, Ian Thorpe and Leisel Jones.
It’s McKeon’s third gold at the Birmingham games after winning the mixed 4x100m freestyle relay and the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay.
There was more gold in the pool for Australia with Kaylee McKeown taking out the women’s 100m backstroke.
The Australian women’s 4x200m freestyle relay team - Madi Wilson, Kiah Melverton, Mollie O’Callaghan and Ariarne Titmus - also won gold in a world record time of 7:39.29.
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“Australia’s won that by more than 12 seconds,” Ian Thorpe told Channel 7.
“That is really extraordinary, and we spoke about it earlier, the depth that we have in relays and sprints.”
Australia’s women’s rugby sevens team defeated Fiji 22-12 to win gold, while Georgia Godwin saluted in the gymnastics.
New Zealander Lewis Clareburt took out gold in the men’s 200m butterfly, his second gold in the space of 24 hours.
It's GOLD for the women's @Aussie7s in Birmingham!
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A dominant performance in the final, defeating Fiji 22-12 💪
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