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Ian Chadband and Joanna Guelas

'My time': young gun usurps Chalmers in 100m free final

Flynn Southam has beaten Kyle Chalmers in the 100m freestyle final at the Commonwealth Games. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Kyle Chalmers has been dethroned as the Commonwealth Games 100m freestyle king in Glasgow, the 'Big Tuna' reeled in by young friend and rival Flynn Southam in a landmark changing-of-the-guard moment.

With a potential record-breaking 10th Commonwealth gold in his sights, Chalmers had his proud run of never being beaten by an Australian in major international competition dismantled by 21-year-old Southam in the Tollcross pool.

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