SWIMMING
Chad Le Clos attacks to claim world’s top spot
Le Clos changes his strategy from the start to retain his national 200m freestyle crown
Durban — Chad le Clos took the No1 world ranking in Durban on Wednesday night as he unleashed a new strategy to out-duel former stablemate Myles Brown and retain his national 200m freestyle crown. Instead of playing it cautious and racing over the second-half, Le Clos attacked from the start. By the halfway mark, he was a body length in front, before Brown, the 2015 champion, hit back in the second hundred, closing the gap slightly, but not enough to cause the upset he did two years ago. Le Clos floated into the wall in 1min 46.84sec, the fastest time in the world so far in 2017. "I didn’t want to swim into his race," said Le Clos, owner of the 1:45.20 national record. "I knew that Myles was thinking I would go with him and he would burn me on the third lap like he does, so I tried to change it up a bit and shake up the tactics. "Every year, I come here and we all swim slower in the first 100m because we’re all scared to go out, we all want to race the race and try win." His new coa...
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