scotland's Carry wins men's 400m freestyle

MELBOURNE, Mar 16 (Reuters) David Carry won the men's 400 metres freestyle gold medal at the Commonwealth Games today, giving Scotland their second gold in the pool.

Carry overtook Welshman David Davies on the penultimate lap and surged clear to win in a time of three minutes, 48.17 seconds.

Carry's win came less than an hour after Caitlin McClatchey scored another surprise win for Scotland in the women's 200m freestyle final.

Canada's Andrew Hurd also finished strongly to snatch the silver in 3:49.08 while Davies, better known as a 1500m swimmer, weakened on the last lap to settle for third in 3:49.44.

Australia have traditionally dominated the men's 400m but finished out of the medals after world record holder Ian Thorpe and reigning world champion Grant Hackett both withdrew from the Games because off injury and illness.

Craig Stevens, who was called up last week when Thorpe pulled out with a mystery illness, finished fourth.

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