Chad le Clos bagged his third consecutive world 100m butterfly short-course crown in Canada on Thursday night‚ smashing his own world record in the process. The four-time Olympic medallist‚ so far the only South African to have won a medal at this gala‚ had powered into a lead of nearly half a second at the 50m mark‚ and at the finish was 0.96 seconds ahead of his nearest rival‚ Tom Shields of the US. Le Clos clocked 48.08 to cut a chunk out of the 48.44 world record he had posted at the previous world short-course championships in Doha two years ago. At the 2012 edition in Istanbul‚ he won in 48.82. Le Clos‚ part of a three-way share of silver in this event at the Rio Games‚ is again looking to make a full house of the three world short-course butterfly titles when he competes in the 50m on Friday. The final is set for Saturday night (Sunday morning SA time). So far he has picked up two golds‚ the other being in the 200m butterfly‚ and a silver in the 200m freestyle. Olympian ...
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