Chad le Clos retained his world 200m butterfly short-course crown in Canada on Tuesday night‚ but Cameron van der Burgh suffered a shock exit in the men’s 100m breaststroke. Le Clos‚ who won four titles at the previous edition of this gala in 2014‚ was third going into the final 50m‚ but he powered into the lead over the last two laps to push the US’s Tom Shields into second place. The 2012 Olympic champion‚ who came fourth in this event at the Rio Games in August‚ clocked his best time of the year‚ 1min 48.76sec‚ which was two-tenths of a second short of the world short-course record he set three years ago. Of the three swimmers who beat Le Clos at the Olympics‚ the only one in action in Canada was Hungary’s silver medallist, Tamas Kenderesi. However, Kenderesi failed to qualify for the eight-lane final by one spot — Van der Burgh suffered the same fate. Van der Burgh‚ the silver medallist in this race at the Rio Games‚ missed out on Wednesday’s final by just two-hundredths of a se...
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