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Chad le Clos

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“There are many ways of thinking about how I won that gold, and when I watch that race, even now… I also shed a tear thinking about what went into that race and what it meant to me.”

Le Clos Produces Solid 1:56.54 200 Fly In Stellenbosch

Chad Le Clos is getting the job done in Stellenbosch this weekend.

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Swift 100 Free, Lukewarm 200 Fly Prelim for Le Clos In Stellenbosch

Le Clos doubled up on the 100 freestyle and 200 butterfly during today’s prelims session in Stellenbosch.

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Le Clos Haunted By Olympic 200 Fly, Targets Budapest To Re-Claim Event

South African Chad Le Clos says he wakes up with nightmares of the men’s 200m butterfly race in Rio, the event in which he finished 4th.

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Ben Proud Latest High Profile Member Of Int’l Club Energy Standard

Double Commonwealth Champion Ben Proud arrived in Turkey this week and will be training under Head Coach James Gibson at Energy Standard.

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South African Swimmer Bradley Tandy Inducted into NJCAA Hall of Fame

Before he went on to set records in the PAC-12 conference as an Arizona Wildcat, South African Olympian Bradley Tandy was a swimmer at National Junior College powerhouse Indian River State College where he set school and NJCAA records and earned the honor of the NJCAA Swimmer of the Year award.

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Le Clos Notches World’s 2nd Fastest 100 Fly This Season

A 52.20 100m butterfly for Chad Le Clos checks in as the 2nd-fastest in the world this season.

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Chad Le Clos Joins Energy Standard Club

South African Olympic medalist Chad Le Clos continues setting up his next quadrennial with the announcement he has joined Energy Standard Club.

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Chad Le Clos hat einen neuen Trainer: Andrea di Nino

Nachdem Chad Le Clos sich nach den Olympischen Spielen von seinem langjährigen Trainer Graham Hill getrennt hat, gibt er sein…

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Chad Le Clos Announces New Coaches For 2017

Olympic champion Chad le Clos has named the new coaches that will lead him into the next Olympic cycle.

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Die beliebtesten Schwimm-Videos 2016: Ein letztes Good Bye von Phelps

Im Olympiajahr 2016 sind, zumindest in Amerika, auch Schwimmer Teil von Werbespots. Einen besonders gelungener und bei YouTube sehr beliebt,…

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Sarah Sjöström, Chad und Bert Le Clos in Mannequin-Challenge (Video)

Die schwedische Olympiasiegern Sarah Sjöström hat auf ihre Facebookseite ein Video mit einer Manneqin Challenge veröffentlicht: Sjöström war in Capetown,…

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2016 Swammy Awards: Top 10 Swims of the Year

Hungarian iron lady Katinka Hosszu wasted no time redeeming herself after missing the 400 IM podium in 2012.

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Best Swimming Photos 2016: Above the Surface

We sat down again with SwimSwam photographer Mike Lewis to pick out some of our favorite photographs from 2016.  Earlier…

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SwimSwam Pulse: 44% Pick Hosszu As Most Impressive At SC Worlds

SwimSwam Pulse is a recurring feature tracking and analyzing the results of our periodic A3 Performance Polls. You can cast…

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2016 Swammy Awards: Africa Male Swimmer Of The Year – Video

With 2 Olympic silver medals from Rio and a short course world record, Chad Le Clos is your African Male Swimmer of the Year Swammy Award winner.

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