13 Jul 2008

Bell wins third gold at swimming's world junior championship

7:22 pm on 13 July 2008

Waitakere swimmer Daniel Bell continued his remarkable run with a third gold medal at the FINA World Junior Championships in Mexico.

Bell took out the final of the 50m butterfly in a New Zealand open record at Monterrey on Sunday, after winning the 100m backstroke and 100m butterfly earlier in the championships.

It is the fourth gold medal won by New Zealand. Orinoco Faamausili-Banse won the 50m freestyle but had to withdraw from the 100m freestyle after becoming ill.