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Huegill through to semi-finals

Geoff Huegill has moved through to tonight's 50m butterfly semi-finals after posting the second fastest qualifying time in this morning's heats.

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Geoff Huegill has comfortably moved through to tonight's 50m butterfly semi-finals after posting the second fastest qualifying time in this morning's heats at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

Beginning his quest to cap a remarkable comeback to swimming, Huegill easily won his heat in 23.66 seconds to qualify behind Kenya's Jason Dunford.

Fellow Australians Andrew Lauterstein and Mitchell Patterson also went through to the semis.

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Meanwhile, Alicia Coutts has backed up her shock Commonwealth Games gold medal with another strong performance to top the heats of the 100m freestyle.

The 23-year-old, who upset Emily Seebohm in a Games record time in the 200m individual medley final, was in good form again as she moved through to tonight's semi-finals.

Seebohm and Yulana Kukla also progressed.

But the biggest performance arguably came from Christian Sprenger, who set a new Games record in topping the 100m breaststroke.

Australians Thomas fraser-Holmes and Kenrick Monk have both qualified for tonight's 200m freestyle final.


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