South Africa: New African Record and Silver Medal for Le Clos

The four-time Olympic medalist Chad le Clos has set a new African record and won a silver medal as the 14th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) got underway in Hangzhou, China on Tuesday.

In the 200m butterfly, Le Clos was fastest off the block but lost some speed at the 100m mark to conclude the final with a silver medal and a new African record in 1:48.32, while Japan's Daiya Seto broke the South African's World record and clocked a fast 1:48.24 to Le Clos' 2013 time of 1:48.56. The bronze went to China's Zhuhao Li in 1:50.39.

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