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She wrapped up the meet with a win in the 200 backstroke to go along with her victories in the 100 back and 200 IM earlier in the week.<\/p>\n<p>Coventry didn\u2019t swim her fastest times of the year in Brazzaville, but didn\u2019t need to in order to secure gold. In the 200 backstroke, which she won at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics, she posted a 2:13.29 to beat South Africa\u2019s <strong>Karin Prinsloo\u2019s<\/strong> 2:14.31. Tunisia\u2019s <strong>Rim Ouennich<\/strong> shattered the national record of 2:21.90 with a 2:20.16 for the bronze medal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Majda Chebaraka<\/strong> of Algeria added the 1500 free to her list of victories at the meet to go along with her 800 free gold medal. Chebaraka won the mile in 17:07.82, breaking the national record of 17:17.38 by <strong>Souad Cherouati<\/strong> from last year. <strong>Charlise Oberholzer<\/strong> of South Africa was second with a 17:11.34, while Cherouati settled for bronze with a 17:18.35.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Devon Brown<\/strong> also picked up a second gold medal, this time in the 200 IM with a 2:01.71. <strong>Mohamed Khaled<\/strong> of Egypt was second in 2:02.38, just missing his national record of 2:02.29 from the 2013 world championships. South Africa\u2019s <strong>Ayton Sweeney<\/strong> placed third with a 2:04.22.<\/p>\n<p>The session started with three men dipping under 23 seconds to take the top three spots in the 50 free final. South Africa\u2019s <strong>Douglas Erasmus<\/strong> took gold in 22.61, while Egypt\u2019s <strong>Mazen Elkamash<\/strong> was second in 22.97. South Africa\u2019s <strong>Clayton Jimmie<\/strong> rounded out the podium with a 22.98 for third place.<\/p>\n<p>The women\u2019s and men\u2019s 400 medley relay closed out the competition, and South Africa won the four-team women\u2019s final with a 4:12.36. Egypt was second with a 4:15.18, while Tunisia was third in 4:29.64. Kenya rounded out the field with a 4:43.85.<\/p>\n<p>In the men\u2019s race, Egypt capped off an incredible week with a victory over the South Africans, 3:42.44 to 3:42.85.<strong>Youssef Elkamash<\/strong> took the lead for Egypt in the breaststroke leg, and the team held on to win their second men\u2019s relay gold of the meet. Tunisia was third with a 3:52.00. 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