South Africans Shine in Olympics Water Sports, August 2012

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In the opening day of the London Olympics, South Africa's best performances were in the pool. Cameron van der Burgh kicked off by winning gold in the Men's 100m breaststroke, in a new world record time of 58.46 seconds.
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Chad le Clos followed up by winning the Men's 200m butterfly, beating American star Michael Phelps...
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... Then narrowly lost to Phelps in the 100m butterfly: Le Clos, left, shows his silver medal and Phelps his gold.
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South Africa's rowing team of, from left, Matthew Brittain, James Thompson, John Smith and Sizwe Ndlovu won the gold medal in the men's lightweight fours final.
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And Bridgitte Hartley won bronze in the Women's Kayak Single (K1) 500m final.

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