GLASGOW — Not even Chad le Clos, exhausted from his seven-medal haul in Glasgow, knows what events he will swim at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.And right now, he is happy to keep his rivals guessing."It’s hard to say now," Le Clos said on Wednesday before flying back to SA. "I really want to go there and win the 100m and 200m butterfly. I want to challenge (Michael) Phelps’s world records."As for the other races, I’m not too sure. I think there’s a lot of work to improve on.… Next year I think I will have a really good gauge on exactly what races I will swim," said Le Clos."A lot of people don’t know what races I will swim. In a way I can be a bit unpredictable, swimming 100m freestyle and going 48.5 seconds."I don’t think anyone expected that — just to throw a few spanners in the works there, that’s part of my plan. My master plan," he added, with his trademark boyish chuckle.But Le Clos suggested he would not be chasing as many gongs in Rio as he managed in Glasgow. "I defi...
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