Teenager Caroline Pilhatsch wins women's 50m backstroke final

Austrian wins women's 50m backstroke gold

Austrian Caroline Pilhatsch has won gold in the women's 50m backstroke final at the European Games in Baku.

Pilhatsch, 16, won the event in a time of 28.60s, a new Games record.

France's Pauline Mahieu and Russian Mariia Kameneva secured silver and bronze respectively.

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