Double Victory for Cameron van der Burgh

Day one saw Cameron van der Burgh obtain the best performance in the men’s competition in the 50m breaststroke clocking a fast time of 27.23 ahead of the Australian duo Matthew Treloar and Tommy Sucipto who grabbed a silver and bronze in 27.83 and 28.01 respectively. 
Van der Burg wrapped up the final day with an additional gold in the 100m breaststroke when he sprinted to the finish with a time of 1:00:23 while Akihiro Yamaguchi of Japan claimed a silver clocking 1:01:62 and the Australian Tommy Sucipto claimed a bronze at 01:01:98. 
He is also a provisional leader of the overall ranking.

The remaining legs of the World Cup will be held as follows:
• September 29-30 - Beijing (CHN)
• October 3-4 - Singapore (SIN)
• October 28-29 - Tokyo (JPN)
• November 2-3 - Doha (QAT)
• November 6-7 - Dubai (UAE)

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