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GAMES:No ceiling on Cameron McEvoy at Comm Games trials

Australian star Cameron McEvoy is quietly confident the opportunity to outdo his world record swim will present itself in the near future.

All eyes will be on the world's fastest 50m freestyle swimmer when McEvoy competes for a Commonwealth Games spot at Sydney Olympic Park.

Wednesday's splash-and-dash at Australia's swim trials will be the 32-year-old's first meet since stamping himself as the fastest swimmer of all time at the China Swimming Open in March.

In Shenzhen, McEvoy powered to an extraordinary 50m freestyle world record of 20.88 seconds to obliterate the 17-year-old benchmark.

The Paris Olympic gold medallist clipped three-hundredths of a second off the 20.91 set by Brazilian Cesar Cielo in 2009, during the sport's "supersuit'' era.

While he admitted motivation "was kind of blown out of the sails" after China, McEvoy said he's not yet at his full potential following Wednesday's 50m heats.

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