{"id":242094,"date":"2017-02-21T15:18:45","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T22:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=242094"},"modified":"2017-02-21T15:18:45","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T22:18:45","slug":"chad-le-clos-admits-to-being-haunted-by-200-fly-final-in-rio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/chad-le-clos-admits-to-being-haunted-by-200-fly-final-in-rio\/","title":{"rendered":"Chad Le Clos Admits to Being Haunted by 200 Fly Final in Rio"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Africa’s\u00a0Chad Le Clos<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>won two silver medals at the Olympics in Rio, in the 200 free and 100 fly, but he missed out on the podium in the event where he was the defending gold medalist, the 200 fly, as\u00a0Michael Phelps<\/strong> re-claimed that gold medal.<\/p>\n

Now, Le Clos tells IOL Sport in South Africa that the finish still haunts him, and he has his sights set on reclaiming that gold medal at this year’s World Championships in Budapest.<\/p>\n

“I want to win that 200 fly badly. I am training for that and will hopefully win gold this year. So that is my goal. I want it that bad. I just want Phelps to come back. I\u2019ve had nightmares about that. I wake up in the middle of the night in a sweat over that race,” he said, according to IOL.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Phelps, meanwhile, continues to squash any notion of a comeback and a re-match against Le Clos.<\/p>\n
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It won't happen… but it was a good race and wish @chadleclos<\/a> all of the best in the future!\ud83d\ude01 https:\/\/t.co\/K2CZn8jZ6I<\/a><\/p>\n
— Michael Phelps (@MichaelPhelps) February 20, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n