Clos, Peaty light up games

By Afp, Gold Coast
7 April 2018, 18:00 PM
UPDATED 8 April 2018, 01:59 AM
Chad le Clos made history and Adam Peaty completed a four-year unbeaten cycle as two of the Commonwealth Games' top swimmers lit

Chad le Clos made history and Adam Peaty completed a four-year unbeaten cycle as two of the Commonwealth Games' top swimmers lit up the Gold Coast on Saturday.

Le Clos's 200 metres butterfly victory made him the first man to win the same event three times at the Games, while Peaty extended his remarkable 100m breaststroke winning streak.

It came on a day when Australia won two more swimming golds and another two in track cycling to reach 20 at the top of the medals table, ahead of England on 14.

Le Clos grabbed his second gold of these Games and sixth overall with victory in the 200m fly, his pet event, in which he famously stunned Michael Phelps at the 2012 Olympics.

Although two women, Australia's Leisel Jones and Petria Thomas, have won the three golds in the same event, le Clos becomes the first male swimmer to complete a hat-trick.

“I wanted to get the three -- 2014, 2016, 2018. No one has done the triple before so I feel like the Michael Phelps of the Commonwealth (Games) -- I'm happy."

Australia's Cate Campbell won the women's 50m freestyle for her second gold of the Games.