Youth topped experience in the Olympic pool on Friday night, with Australian teen Cate Campbell out-sprinting 41-year-old American Dara Torres in the 50-meter freestyle preliminaries.
The 16-year-old swimmer qualified fastest in 24.20 seconds. She swam her heat in a lane next to Torres, who moved on to Saturday morning's semifinals as third-fastest in 24.58.
"I love 50s, they're so much fun," Campbell said. "Every time I touch the wall it's a mystery until I look up."
Campbell wants to improve on her showing in the 100 free, where she failed to make the final. Torres had already been on three Olympic teams before Campbell was …
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