Bronte turns tables on sister

BRONTE Campbell gatecrashed the redemption party of sister Cate last night in a stunning upset with a patchedup body powered by a brave winner’s heart.

There was a gasp from the full house at the Commonwealth Games pool on the Gold Coast when the Campbell family script was torn up and rewritten in a frantic, spellbinding final 15m of the 100m freestyle.

Sister Act II was just as enthralling to watch.

A 20-month rollercoaster of tears, brutal perspective and rejuvenation looked set to hit the heights for Cate Campbell when she led halfway down the closing lap.

She always had Canada’s out-of-synch Olympic champion Penny Oleksiak covered and outswam six-medal Canadian star Taylor Ruck but there was an upset brewing in the adjoining lane from the sister who so often plays the supporting role.

“It’s never easy being the second Campbell and she’s No. 1 now,” a noble Cate said postrace.

Bronte gobbled up Cate’s lead over the final 15-20m to post a superb Games record time of 52.27 sec that ranks her fourth fastest all-time for the distance. Cate (52.69) was relegated to silver in her 10th race of a busy meet that has netted her three gold medals but not the one she most cherished.

Meanwhile, Emma McKeon’s international flirtation with the 200m butterfly is likely to have come to an end after she finished with bronze in possibly her only major international swim in the event.

McKeon jettisoned the 100m freestyle to pick up an event that will clash with her pet 200m freestyle on most Olympic and world championship programs.

The bright spot for Australia was silver to 18-year-old debutant Laura Taylor, who finished almost two seconds behind Welsh winner Alys Thomas just days after having root canal work on a dodgy tooth.