Chad Le Clos will on Friday try to secure the Commonwealth Games gold medal he was potentially gifted when the 50m butterfly favourite was disqualified in Thursday’s heats. England’s defending champion Ben Proud was by far quickest over the single lap in the open-air pool‚ but he was adjudged to have false-started‚ leaving the South African star in pole position. Le Clos has a busy night in store on Friday‚ also hunting the 200m freestyle gold as well as a medal in the 4x100m freestyle relay. Three gongs in one night would be one heck of a return; two golds would be awesome. "You could say I’m a slight favourite [in the 50m fly]‚" said Le Clos‚ who was quickest in the one-lapper in the heats and semifinals‚ touching in 23.53sec on both occasions. "If I can get on top of the podium it will be great‚ but I’ve got a big 200m freestyle 10 minutes after that." Also in the 50m fly mix is US-based Ryan Coetzee who clocked a 23.79 personal best for the joint second-fastest time with Austral...
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