Ace sprinter Roland Schoeman raced to his third gold medal from three starts on the second day of the Swimming World Cup in Berlin this afternoon.
Ace sprinter Roland Schoeman raced to his third gold medal from three starts on the second day of the Swimming World Cup in Berlin. Photo: AP
The veteran Olympian stunned the favourite, Vladimir Morozov (Russia), with another blistering start to steal the gold medal in the men’s 50m freestyle and clock an amazing 20.86 seconds.
Morozov was unable to close Schoeman down and ended second on 21.00 with Steffen Deibler (Germany) taking the bronze in 21.04.
Schoeman was unbeaten on Saturday in the 50m breaststroke (25.65) and 50m butterfly (22.05).
“This is amazing. To get almost everything right from the start was important to beat a field like this,” said Schoeman afterwards.
“Three gold medals from three starts – that has not happened in a long time.
“But I must just say a huge thank you to those supporters who have continued to believe in me, this was for them.” – Sapa
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