Chris Reid smashed the South African 100m backstroke record at the national championships in Durban on Monday morning to give head coach Graham Hill a headache.US-based Reid took a second off his personal best and more than half-a-second off Gerhard Zandberg’s previous mark of 53.75 - but more importantly it suddenly gives South Africa hope for a 4x100m medley relay team at the Rio Olympics in August.Coach Graham Hill had initially written off the prospect of a 4x100m medley relay.Even with Cameron van der Burgh and Chad Le Clos swimming the breaststroke and butterfly legs - arguably the fastest middle 200m of the medley in the world - SA had never had a swimmer fast enough for the opening backstroke leg.Until now.Hill had planned time trial qualification bids for the men’s 4x100m freestyle and 4x200m freestyle relays on Friday and Saturday respectively‚ and now he must make space for a men's medley relay attempt.“That gives me headaches‚” he quipped after Reid’s effort‚ which would...
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