Kai Taylor wins 200m freestyle gold at Commonwealth Games, following mother Hayley Lewis’s 1990 victory
Kai Taylor has won 200m freestyle gold at the Commonwealth Games, 36 years after his mother Hayley Lewis won the same event.
Kai Taylor has claimed 200m freestyle gold at the Commonwealth Games, swimming from lane one. His victory mirrors his mother Hayley Lewis's achievement from the 1990 Auckland Commonwealth Games, when she won the same event as a teenage competitor.
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‘Losing her mind’: Teenage star of Auckland Commonwealth Games watches son win stunning freestyle gold
36 years after Hayley Lewis won 200m freestyle gold, her 22-year-old son Kai Taylor has repeated the feat from lane one.