Chad Le Clos Sees Off Teen to Win at National Championships - SAPeople - Worldwide South African News
Chad le Clos and Ethan du Preez. Photo: Team SA South African swimming champion Chad le Clos has won the battle of the ages, claiming the men’s 200m butterfly title at the National Championships being held in Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth) this week. It’s incredible to be referring to Le Clos as ‘the senior’ as he was still only 20 when he pipped Olympic legend Michael Phelps to win 200m butterfly gold at the 2012 London Olympics, but here he is, days short of his 29th birthday, a South African champion again. In winning in an Olympic qualification time of 1min 55.88sec he had to ...
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