SWIMMING
New coach and new home has Chad Le Clos purring
Relocating to Cape Town and working with coach Andrea Di Nino has been a positive move, says Olympic medalist
Chad le Clos says he is happy and re-energised after switching coaches and cities. Le Clos‚ who left long-time Pinetown-based mentor Graham Hill after the Rio Olympics to move to Cape Town, where he has linked up with Italian Andrea Di Nino‚ said the 200m butterfly was still his main focus. The swimmer stunned Michael Phelps by winning gold in this event at the 2012 London Olympics, but had to settle for fourth place in Brazil in 2016. "The 200m free[style]‚ 200m [butter]fly and 100m fly are the main ones‚" Le Clos said at the SA championships in Durban‚ where he hopes to qualify for the world championships in Budapest. He achieved a qualifying time in the 100m freestyle on Monday night‚ but said he would probably compete internationally in that for the first time only at the Commonwealth Games in Australia in 2018. "The 200m fly first‚ then 200m free then 100m fly. In that order‚" said Le Clos‚ who easily won his 200m freestyle heat on Tuesday morning in 1min 53.34sec. That made hi...
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