Cielo wins second straight 50 metres butterfly gold

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Cesar Cielo of Brazil won a second consecutive men's 50 metres butterfly title at the world championships in Barcelona on Monday.

Brazil's Cesar Cielo Filho checks his time after swimming in the men's 50m butterfly final during the World Swimming Championships at the Sant Jordi arena in Barcelona

The 26-year-old, a gold medallist in Shanghai two years ago, became only the second man to win the event twice after South African Roland Schoeman with a time of 23.01 seconds.

American Eugene Godsoe took silver in 23.05 and Fred Bousquet of France was third in 23.11.

(Reporting by Iain Rogers; Editing by John Mehaffey)