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Melissa Woods

Cooper rebounds to win backstroke bronze

Isaac Cooper has battled back after his Commonwealth Games issues to win a short-course medal. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

After going through "hell and back" this year, Isaac Cooper says he feels proud after clinching a bronze medal in the men's 100m backstroke at the world short course championships.

The 18-year-old almost gave up swimming when he was sensationally sent home from the training camp before the Birmingham Commonwealth Games for misusing prescription medication.

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