Camille Lacourt won the men’s 50 metres backstroke gold at the swimming world championships on Sunday with French teammate Jeremy Stravius and the USA’s Matt Grevers tying for second place.
Lacourt, who shared the world 100m backstroke title with Stravius in 2011, touched the wall at 24.42sec, just ahead of Stravius and Grevers who were both 0.08 secs back.
Camille Lacourt claims 50m backstroke gold
