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Cape Town - South African swimmers, Roland Schoeman and Chad le Clos, claimed respective silver and bronze medals in the 50m butterfly final at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Friday night.
England’s Benjamin Proud won gold in a record 22.93 seconds, Schoeman silver in 23.13 and Le Clos bronze in 23.36.
The winner, 19-year-old Proud, claimed a British record as well as a Commonwealth Games record.
It was the second time in two days that Proud had beaten the Commonwealth record having also done so in qualifying on Thursday.
"I don't know what to say. I just treated it like any other race, but now tears are almost in my eyes," Proud told AFP.
And the more experienced Schoeman acknowledged he had been beaten by the better man.
"I knew it was going to be tough. Proud is a talented athlete," said the 34-year-old.
"I'm happy to get second."
Commonwealth Games podiums in Glasgow on Friday:
SWIMMING
Men's 50m butterfly
Gold: Benjamin Proud (ENG)
Silver: Roland Schoeman (RSA)
Bronze: Chad le Clos (RSA)
Women's 50m breaststroke
Gold: Leiston Pickett (AUS)
Silver: Alia Atkinson (JAM)
Bronze: Corrie Scott (SCO)
Men's 200m freestyle
Gold: Thomas Fraser-Holmes (AUS)
Silver: Cameron McEvoy (AUS)
Bronze: Calum Jarvis (WAL)
CYCLING
Women's 3000m individual pursuit
Gold: Joanna Rowsell (ENG)
Silver: Annette Edmondson (AUS)
Bronze: Amy Cure (AUS)
Men's 1000m Time Trial tandem para-sport
Gold: Neil Fachie and Craig MacLean (SCO)
Silver: Kieran Modra and Jason Niblett (AUS)
Bronze: Matthew Ellis and Ieuan Williams (WAL)
Men's 4000m individual pursuit
Gold: Jack Bobridge (AUS)
Silver: Alex Edmondson (AUS)
Bronze: Marc Ryan (NZL)
Men's sprint
Gold: Sam Webster (NZL)
Silver: Jason Kenny (ENG)
Bronze: Eddie Dawkins (NZL)
SHOOTING
Women's 10m Air Pistol
Gold: Teo Shun Xie (SIN)
Silver: Malaika Goel (IND)
Bronze: Dorothy Ludwig (CAN)
Men's 10m Air Rifle
Gold: Abhinav Bindra (IND)
Silver: Abdullah Baki (BAN)
Bronze: Daniel Rivers (ENG)
Women's skeet
Gold: Laura Coles (AUS)
Silver: Elena Allen (WAL)
Bronze: Andri Eleftherious (CYP)
RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS
Individual All-Around
1. Patricia Bezzoubenko (CAN)
2. Francesca Jones (WAL)
3. Laura Halford (WAL)
JUDO
Women
-63kg
Gold: Sarah Clark (SCO)
Silver: Helene Wezeu Dombeu (CMR)
Bronze: Katie-Jemima Yeats-Brown (ENG) and Faith Pitman (ENG)
Men
-73kg
Gold: Danny Williams (ENG)
Silver: Adrian Leat (NZL)
Bronze: Jake Bensted (AUS) and Jacques van Zyl (RSA)
Men's
-81kg
Gold: Owen Livesey (ENG)
Silver: Tom Reed (ENG)
Bronze: Boas Munyonga (ZAM) and Jonah Burt (CAN)
Women's
-70kg
Gold: Megan Fletcher (ENG)
Silver: Moira de Villiers (NZL)
Bronze: Alix Renaud-Roy (CAN) and Sally Conway (SCO)
WEIGHTLIFTING
Women
53kg
Gold: Chika Amalaha (NGR)
Silver: Dika Toua (PNG)
Bronze: Santoshi Matsa (IND)
