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Four world cup medals and two records for Loughborough College student

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Four world cup medals and two records for Loughborough College student

Loughborough College sport student Fran Halsall took her medal haul to four and claimed another swimming record on the final day of the 2014 Fina World Cup in Tokyo.

The 24 year old double Commonwealth champion won gold in the 100m freestyle on Wednesday and silver in the 50m butterfly, with a new British record time of 25.29 seconds.

The triumph made it a gold hat-trick for the Sport student who also won gold in the 50m backstroke and freestyle on the opening day of the event.

The backstroke win saw Halsall break a national backstroke record with a time of 26.42 - only.03 under the record set by Lizzie Simmonds less than a year ago

Former Loughborough College student Siobhan-Marie O’Connor earned a second medal in the World Cup with bronze in the 100m individual medley after winning bronze in the 200m individual medley on the opening day.

O’Connor claimed two Commonwealth silver and a bronze in the pool in Glasgow this summer.

Image courtesy of Getty.

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