Cody Simpson returned to his 'first love' by swapping his music career for swimming and is set to compete at the Commonwealth Games
By George Ramsay, CNN Video produced by Amy Li
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The Miracle Mile is part of Canada's rich Commonwealth Games history
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Nigel Huddleston defends Commonwealth Games but admits new host countries needed
Sports Minister Nigel Huddleston launched an impassioned defence of the Commonwealth Games but accepted a “much more diverse” range of host countries is required going forwards.
Meet the Black women pushing for equality in swimming
By Sana Noor Haq and Louis Leeson, CNN
Vedaant Madhavan creates new meet record in 1500m freestyle
Maharashtra's Vedaant Madhavan rewrote the national record in 1500m freestyle event for group I boys at the ongoing Junior National Aquatic Championships here on Sunday. Leading the pack with good pace and an efficient stroke, Vedaant, son of actor R Madhavan, clocked 16:01.73 to erase his statemate Advait Page's 2017 record of 16:06.43 seconds. Vedaant beat Karnataka's Amogh Anand Venkatesh (16:21.98 seconds) and Bengal's Shubhojeet Gupta (16:34.06), who won the silver and bronze medals respectively. In the 400m freestyle for group II girls, Karnataka's Harshika Ramachandra created a new meet record with a time of 4:29.25 seconds, while statemate Rujula S finished 10s behind Harshika with a time of 4:39.53 seconds to settle for silver.
Elderly woman killed by alligators after falling into country club pond
An alligator in Florida decided that the residents of an Odessa home weren't going anywhere for a short period of time on Wednesday, and blocked the front door. (Courtesy: Ed Ferraro)
Canadian swimmer Mary-Sophie Harvey says she was drugged at World Aquatics Championships
By Amy Woodyatt and Matt Foster, CNN
Canadian swimmer Mary-Sophie Harvey says she was drugged at world championships
Canadian swimmer Mary-Sophie Harvey says she was drugged on the final day of the world aquatics championships and suffered a rib sprain and a concussion.