Brad Tandy, who endured a bizarre international debut at the last Commonwealth Games, on Wednesday laid his marker to be selected for the next showpiece in 2018. The Tandy torpedo may not have been fully primed, but he still sailed along the King’s Park pool to win the 50m freestyle in 22.33sec by over half a second. The next three finishers, fellow Olympic Doug Erasmus, Ryan Coetzee and Armand Maritz all dipped inside the qualifying time for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, although a nation can enter only three swimmers per event. The closest race came in the men’s 200m backstroke where Martin Binedell, 22, had to fight back to touch in 1min 59.59sec and down matriculant Jarryd Baxter, 18, by six-hundredths of a second, with both inside the qualifying mark. Duné Coetzee and Brent Szurdoki achieved qualification in their second events of the gala, in the 200m butterfly and 1,500m freestyle, while Erin Gallagher ended her campaign winning the 50m backstroke. Wit...
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