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Ian Chadband

Perkins and Temple medal as Walsh reigns at worlds

Alex Perkins and Matt Temple have grabbed bronze medals for Australia on a record-shattering day again dominated by US sensation Gretchen Walsh at the world short course swimming championships in Budapest.

Perkins took bronze in the women's 100m butterfly final on Saturday, while Temple also finished third in the equivalent men's event.

But even freakishly brilliant Canadian teen Summer McIntosh, who obliterated the 400m individual medley mark, had to swim in the shadow of 21-year-old Walsh, who took her tally of world individual records over the week to an unthinkable eight.

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