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Surprisingly, Van Der Burgh did not own the meet record, as his 1:02.44 from the 2011 edition did not break <strong>Soufiane Daid\u2019s<\/strong> record of 1:02.04. But Van Der Burgh was able to smash the record, though it is much slower than his fastest time of the year, a 58.59 from the world championships. He won by two seconds over silver medalist <strong>Youssef Elkamash<\/strong> of Egypt, who finished second with a 1:02.42. The incoming junior at Grand Canyon University just missed his national record of 1:02.01 from last month\u2019s world championships. Finishing third was <strong>Wassim Elloumi<\/strong> of Tunisia with a 1:02.79, just missing his national record of 1:02.47 from 2011.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Devon Brown<\/strong> was pushed by Egypt\u2019s <strong>Marwan Elkamash<\/strong> in the men\u2019s 200 free final, but managed to give South Africa another win with a 1:47.77. That broke <strong>Ahmed Mathlouti\u2019s<\/strong> meet record of 1:48.95 from 2011. 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Elkamash was second in 1:48.58, while Mathlouti of Tunisia won the bronze in 1:49.29. <strong>Calvyn Justus<\/strong> of South Africa was denied a spot on the medal podium with a 1:49.58 for fourth place.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jessica Ashley-Cooper<\/strong> won gold medal number three for South Africa with a 29.05 in the women\u2019s 50 backstroke, just missing the meet record of 28.89 set in 2007 by <strong>Kirsty Coventry<\/strong>. <strong>Naomi Ruele<\/strong> of Botswana, who will be a sophomore at Florida International University, took second in a national-record time of 29.70, while <strong>Alexus Laird<\/strong> of Seychelles, who swims at IUPUI, took third with a 30.07.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa wrapped up the session with an 8:20.28 in the 800 free relay, with Egypt second in 8:30.84 and Algeria third in 8:35.11.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Farida Osman<\/strong> of Egypt, one of the stars on the California-Berkeley women\u2019s team, took down South Africa\u2019s <strong>Karin Prinsloo<\/strong> in the women\u2019s 100 free with a 55.41 to Prinsloo\u2019s 55.69. Both took down Prinsloo\u2019s meet record of 56.05 from the 2011 meet. That\u2019s a national record for Osman, beating <strong>Rania Elwani\u2019s<\/strong>55.85 from 2000. <strong>Rwan Elbadry<\/strong> of Egypt was third with a 57.03.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mohamed Samy<\/strong> of Egypt took the men\u2019s 50 back in 25.71, breaking <strong>Ahmed Hussein\u2019s<\/strong> national record of 25.86. South Africa\u2019s <strong>Richard Ellis<\/strong> took second in 25.89, with Egypt\u2019s <strong>Mohamed Khaled<\/strong> taking third in 26.16.<\/p>\n<p>Algeria had a lot to celebrate in the women\u2019s 400 IM, where <\/strong>Rania Nefsi<\/strong> won with a 4:56.75 to beat the national record of 4:57.51 by <strong>Souad Cherouati<\/strong> from last year. Cherouati also beat her national record with a runner-up time of 4:57.30. Not far behind was Egypt\u2019s <strong>Rwioda Heshem<\/strong> with a 4:58.88.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/results\/2015-all-africa-games-day-1-day-1\/international-elite\/2015\/September\/6\">2015 All-Africa Games, Day 1 &#8211; Results<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As expected, South Africa ruled the pool on the first night of competition at the All-Africa Games in Brazzaville, Congo. 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