South Africa's Chad le Clos takes 100m butterfly gold

Chad le Clos takes 100m butterfly gold

Chad le Clos rounded off a scintillating evening of action at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre with victory in the final race of the night.

The 22-year-old South African recorded a time of 51.29s to claim gold in the men's 100m butterfly final at the Commonwealth Games.

Team England's Adam Barrett, 21, improved on his fourth-place finish in the 50m butterfly by taking bronze in a time of 51.93s.

Nineteen-year-old Joseph Schooling won Singapore's first medal in the pool as he took silver.

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