Cameron McEvoy pipped by barest of margins in 50m freestyle world title defence

18/02/2024 00:19

• Defending champion finishes second behind Vladyslav Bukhov
• Jaclyn Barclay earns silver in women's 200m backstroke in Doha

Cameron McEvoy has been beaten in the most agonising of near-misses in his 50m freestyle world title defence, edged for gold by just one-hundredth of a second in one of the shocks of the championships in Doha.

But while the veteran speedster was putting on a brave face after his sensational loss to Ukraine's Vladyslav Bukhov on Saturday, an Australian star of the future Jaclyn Barclay was left savouring her own breakthrough silver in the 200m backstroke.