{"id":137318,"date":"2015-06-18T17:13:45","date_gmt":"2015-06-19T00:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=137318"},"modified":"2015-07-28T18:08:49","modified_gmt":"2015-07-29T01:08:49","slug":"chad-le-clos-leads-roster-for-south-african-worlds-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/chad-le-clos-leads-roster-for-south-african-worlds-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Chad le Clos Leads Roster for South African Worlds Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Chad le Clos<\/strong>, along with <strong>Devon Myles Brown<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Sebastien Rousseau<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Ayrton Sweeney<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Cameron van der Burgh<\/strong>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/swimsa.org\/disciplines\/swimming\/teams-and-squads\/2015\/2015-fina-world-championships\/2015-fina-world-championships-swimming-team.pdf\">were announced today by Swimming South Africa<\/a> as members of the 2015 World Championship team. The team staff will include\u00a0Manager \/ Coach Cedric Finch and\u00a0Coach Graham Hill.\u00a0All five qualified at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/chad-le-clos-tops-100-fly-to-cap-south-african-nationals\/\">South African Nationals\u00a0back in April<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While the five-man team is small, there is a lot of firepower among the squad. Chad le Clos\u00a0was last seen in action at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/heavyweight-matchups-spotlight-of-mare-nostrum-monte-carlo\/\">Monte Carlo stop of the Mare Nostrum series<\/a>, where he posted a 51.66 win in the 100 butterfly that ranks him 5th in the world for 2015.\u00a0While he has shown most international success in the butterfly, le Clos has also looked to expand his program to include the 100\/200 free and 200 IM which could lead to\u00a0an impressive medal haul this summer.<\/p>\n<p>le Clos is best remembered for his\u00a0upset Olympic legend\u00a0<strong>Michael Phelps\u00a0<\/strong>in\u00a0at the 2012 London Olympics. While he won&#8217;t get a rematch against Phelps is Kazan this summer, look for him to look to make a statement leading up to a potential duel the following summer at the 2016 Rio\u00a0Olympics. 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He will also be looking to make a statement in those events (he currently sits 2nd in the 50 breast and 4th in the 100)\u00a0after the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/race-video-official-adam-peaty-world-record-footage\/\">recent world records<\/a> from Great Britain&#8217;s <strong>Adam Peaty.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 16th FINA World Championships will take place this summer from July 28 &#8211; August 10 in Kazan, Russia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chad le Clos, along with Devon Myles Brown,\u00a0Sebastien Rousseau,\u00a0Ayrton Sweeney, and\u00a0Cameron van der Burgh,\u00a0were announced today by Swimming South Africa as members of the 2015 World Championship team. 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