Gold Coast — Sierra Leone swimming teenager sensation, Bunturabie Jalloh on Friday smashed and improved her own Sierra Leone national record in the 50m freestyle at the ongoing 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in Australia clocking 38.27 seconds eclipsing her 39.85 seconds at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil.
The Olympia reduced her timing by just 1.58 seconds at the Optus Aquatic Centre despite failing to get passed her Heat 1 which included the eventual Heat winner, Ghanaian Maayaa Ayawere and Charissa Panuve of Tonga.
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