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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 fend off the challenge of the 17-year-old Ethan du Preez, who could not be happier with his silver medal in an Olympic qualification time of 1:56.44. The bronze in the event was claimed by Ross Hartigan in 2:01.73.
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