Aussie swim trio's triple gold in Moscow

Australia's Ashley Delaney, Robert Hurley and Kenneth To have won a gold medal each at the World Cup short-course swim meet in Moscow.

Australian swimming trio, Ashley Delaney, Robert Hurley and Kenneth To, each picked up a gold medal on the last night of competition at the FINA World Cup short-course meeting in Moscow.

Following their five-medal haul on the opening day, the short-course specialists took their total to 12 on Sunday night with seven more medals.

Dual world short course representative Hurley added another gold medal to his tally with a win over teammate Delaney in the 50m backstroke.

With Delaney quick off the wall, Hurley worked hard underwater to finish first in a time of 23.44. Delaney's 23.81 was quick enough for silver ahead of Russian Anton Butymov in 23.91.

In the 200m backstroke, Delaney turned the tables to finish ahead of Hurley and pick up his first gold of the series.

Delaney stopped the clock at 1:54.21 with Hurley securing the silver in 1:54.92 and Nikita Ulyanov from Russia taking bronze in 1:55.98.

After taking two backstroke medals on the final night in Moscow, Hurley then won a silver medal in the 200m freestyle, hitting the wall in 1:44.33 to finish just behind Poland's Pawel Korzeniowski in 1:44.12. South African Myles Brown rounded out the top three in 1:44.46.

The 21-one-year-old To won the 100m breaststroke final, with less than half a second separating the top three.

To swam 58.42 ahead of Britain's Michael Jamieson in 58.83 and Russian Viatcheslav Sinkevich in 58.89.

To then snuck in behind South Africa's Olympic and world champion Chad Le Clos (1:53.04) to pick up silver in the men's 200m individual medley with a time of 1:54.91.


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