Chad le Clos

2022 - 7 - 30

Lara van Niekerk

Post cover — Image courtesy of "Daily Maverick"

Fiery Chad Le Clos prepared to go to dark places to win the title of ... (Daily Maverick)

Chad le Clos hopes to secure two medals Birmingham, to make him the Games' most decorated athlete of all time.

Tatjana emerged on the scene on the Gold Coast four years ago and then won gold at the Tokyo Olympics. “Then, in 2018, it was my best Games. I won all three butterfly golds, the 50, 100 and 200m. But I still have that competitive fire and ambition.” I’ll be looking at medals in the 100m and 200m butterfly to push me past the all-time record of 17 and hopefully also pick up a couple more. “It hurts every time I lose, and for me coming second is losing. “I went there wanting to win a medal but I won two butterfly golds. Michael Phelps is considered the best long-course swimmer ever, but I will also have my own history.” A month earlier, he had told the Mail&Guardian he suffered depression in 2021, to the extent that “there were times where I was sitting in my room just crying by myself. “Even this year, for the past six, seven months, I have constantly been on antibiotics for severe sinusitis. “I’ve been thinking about these Commonwealth Games for a long time,” he says. “Getting beaten still hurts like hell, but people don’t know the backstory to what’s been happening in the past few years. I might be 30 and some people might have written me off, but don’t do that.

WATCH: Chad le Clos floats like a butterfly into Commonwealth ... (Independent Online)

South African swimming star Chad le Clos came to Birmingham with 17 medals across three Games and has now pulled level with shooters Michael Gault and Phil ...

A three-time Commonwealth Games champion in the event, Le Clos looked like he might make four leading with 50m to go but the 30-year-old would be overhauled down the stretch by Lewis, who adds the 200m butterfly title to the 400m individual medley gold he won earlier at the Sandwell Aquatic Centre. Swimming out of lane five, the same lane he beat Phelps from, Le Clos was beaten to the wall by Lewis Clareburt with a winning of time of one minute, 55.60 seconds. Birmingham, England - South African swimmer Chad Le Clos joined shooters Michael Gault and Phil Adams as the most decorated Commonwealth Games athletes ever on Sunday when he claimed his 18th medal by picking up a silver in the men's 200 metres butterfly.

Commonwealth Game: Chad le Clos Starts Chase For Fourth ... (Swimming World Magazine)

Three-time defending champion Chad le Clos of South Africa advanced as the second seed in the 200 butterfly at the Commonwealth Games.

Taking the top seed was Canadian Joshua Liendo, who covered his morning race in 48.54. Following in second was England’s Tom Dean (48.61) while Aussie Zac Incerti and Canada’s Ruslan Gaziev tied for third in 48.84. Kyle Chalmers of Australia was sixth in 48.98 and Scotland’s Duncan Scott was ninth in 49.31. Photo Courtesy: Coming off a title in the 100 backstroke, South African Pieter Coetze was the only swimmer under 25 seconds at half the distance. Photo Courtesy: Photo Courtesy: The Sandwell Aquatics Centre has seen some terrific racing through the first two days of the Commonwealth Games, and the third-day preliminaries will set up additional showdowns.

South Africa swim star Chad le Clos targets Commonwealth history ... (SuperSport)

South African swimming star Chad le Clos set himself up for a shot at Commonwealth Games history on Sunday as breaststroke world record holder Adam Peaty ...

Swim star Chad le Clos equals Commonwealths medals record (FRANCE 24)

South African swimming star Chad le Clos won his 18th Commonwealth Games medal on Sunday to equal the all-time record after taking silver in the men's 200m ...

Clareburt touched in 1min 55.60sec, 0.29sec ahead of the South African, to win his second gold medal in Birmingham after winning the men's 400m individual medley. He was in the lead as he turned with 50m to go but New Zealand's Lewis Clareburt found an extra gear to edge him out. Le Clos, who pulled out of the world championships in Budapest in June, was the pre-race favourite to retain his title at the Sandwell Aquatic Centre.

Commonwealth Games result: Chad le Clos FOUR LENGTHS from ... (The South African)

South African swim star Chad le Clos is four lengths of the pool at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham away from making history.

South African swim star Chad le Clos is four lengths of the pool at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham away from making history. South African swim star Chad le Clos is four lengths of the pool at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham away from making history. South African swim star Chad le Clos is four lengths of the pool at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham away from making history.

Chad Le Clos equals record medal haul as he takes 200m butterfly ... (TimesLIVE)

Chad Le Clos won the 18th Commonwealth Games medal of his career in Birmingham on Sunday, but he lost the 200m butterfly crown he had held since 2010.

Weightlifter Anneke Spies ended fourth in the women’s 59kg competition. She won her 16th in the women’s 50m freestyle on Sunday, and could surpass 18 before the end of this gala. Le Clos went out hard and held the lead going out of the final turn, but New Zealand’s Lewis Clareburt, who on the Saturday won the 400m individual medley that Le Clos had won 12 years ago, stormed past at the end to touch in 1min 55.60sec.