Baumann shares'stage
NZPA-Reuter Edinburgh Alex Baumann confirmed his all-round swimming supremacy in the .Commonwealth pool yesterday but had to share centre stage when his Canadian compatriot, Allison Higson, became the youngest-ever Games champion. The Olympic champion and world record holder, Baumann, demolished his Australian challenger, Rob Woodhouse, in the eagerly awaited men’s
400 m individual. medley, but it was simply no contest as Baumann powered borne 4.22 seconds ahead. Then it was, 13-year-old Higson’s turn in the women’s 200 meters breaststroke. She took the gold with a games record 2:31.20. Higson’s birthday was in March. The previous youngest title-winner in any sport was Australia’s Jenny Turrall, first in the 400 m freestyle at the 1974 Christchurch Games, aged 13 years and 262 days.
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