﻿{"id":510340,"date":"2022-07-31T03:05:34","date_gmt":"2022-07-31T10:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=510340"},"modified":"2022-07-31T03:48:16","modified_gmt":"2022-07-31T10:48:16","slug":"commonwealth-games-day-3-prelims-chad-le-clos-starts-chase-for-fourth-straight-200-butterfly-crown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/commonwealth-games-day-3-prelims-chad-le-clos-starts-chase-for-fourth-straight-200-butterfly-crown\/","title":{"rendered":"Commonwealth Game: Chad le Clos Starts Chase For Fourth Straight 200 Butterfly Crown; Tatjana Schoenmaker on WR Alert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Commonwealth Game: Chad le Clos Starts Chase For Fourth Straight 200 Butterfly Crown; Tatjana Schoenmaker on WR Alert<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Sandwell Aquatics Centre has seen some terrific racing through the first two days of the Commonwealth Games, and the third-day preliminaries will set up additional showdowns. Heats in the latest morning session will be held in the men&#8217;s 200-meter butterfly, women&#8217;s 200 breaststroke, men&#8217;s 50 backstroke, women&#8217;s 50 butterfly and men&#8217;s 100 freestyle.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a glance at what took place during the Day Three prelims:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/results.birmingham2022.com\/#\/athletic-sports-schedule\/SWM\/*\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meet Results<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 200 Butterfly<\/h3>\n<p>South African <strong>Chad le Clos<\/strong> started pursuit of a fourth consecutive title by qualifying second for the final in 1:56.85, behind only the 1:56.76 of New Zealand&#8217;s <strong>Lewis Clareburt<\/strong>. Le Clos will be in Lane 5 for the final and the title will be decided on the 10th anniversary of his upset gold over <strong>Michael Phelps<\/strong> at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. That night, le Clos was also in Lane Five. <strong>Duncan Scott<\/strong> advanced as the third seed in 1:57.48 and will try to complement medals already won in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/commonwealth-games-in-round-two-duncan-scott-bests-tom-dean-in-200-freestyle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">200 freestyle (gold)<\/a> and 400 individual medley (bronze).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s spooky,&#8221; le Clos said of the connections to London. &#8220;It\u2019s a monumental day for me, absolutely, but you know what \u2013 I \u2018ve taken the emotion out of today because it\u2019s different, you know what I\u2019m saying? It\u2019s the same country, same day, same hour, same lane, but at the end of the day, I\u2019ve just got to be composed tonight, execute, have a game plan. If it\u2019s second or third or fourth, God bless the winners, you know what I mean.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"510341\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/commonwealth-games-day-3-prelims-chad-le-clos-starts-chase-for-fourth-straight-200-butterfly-crown\/200flymcg\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/200flymcg.png\" data-orig-size=\"606,479\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"200flymcg\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;200flymcg&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/200flymcg.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/200flymcg.png\" class=\"size-full wp-image-510341\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/200flymcg.png\" alt=\"200flymcg\" width=\"606\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/200flymcg.png 606w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/200flymcg-253x200.png 253w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/200flymcg-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/200flymcg-450x356.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/200flymcg-533x421.png 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Photo Courtesy:<\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 200 Breaststroke<\/h3>\n<p>Could South African Tatjana Schoenmaker make a run at her world record? The reigning Olympic champion, who owns the world mark at 2:18.95, easily qualified as the top seed for the final. Schoenmaker went through prelims in 2:21.76, more than three seconds quicker than Australia&#8217;s Jenna Strauch (2:24.97). England&#8217;s Molly Renshaw was next at 2:25.06.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_510342\" style=\"width: 562px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-510342\" data-attachment-id=\"510342\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/commonwealth-games-day-3-prelims-chad-le-clos-starts-chase-for-fourth-straight-200-butterfly-crown\/w200breastcgp\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/w200breastcgp.png\" data-orig-size=\"552,324\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"w200breastcgp\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;w200breastcgp&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/w200breastcgp.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/w200breastcgp.png\" class=\"size-full wp-image-510342\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/w200breastcgp.png\" alt=\"w200breastcgp\" width=\"552\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/w200breastcgp.png 552w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/w200breastcgp-280x164.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/w200breastcgp-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/w200breastcgp-450x264.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/w200breastcgp-533x313.png 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-510342\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy:<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 50 Backstroke<\/h3>\n<p>Coming off a title in the 100 backstroke, South African <strong>Pieter Coetze<\/strong> was the only swimmer under 25 seconds at half the distance. Coetze moved onto the semifinals of the 50 backstroke in 24.95, with New Zealand&#8217;s <strong>Andrew Jeffcoat<\/strong> grabbing the No. 2 position in 25.04. Also moving on was Aussie <strong>Ben Armbruster<\/strong>, who covered his lap in 25.18.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_510344\" style=\"width: 561px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-510344\" data-attachment-id=\"510344\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/commonwealth-games-day-3-prelims-chad-le-clos-starts-chase-for-fourth-straight-200-butterfly-crown\/m50backcgp\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/m50backcgp.png\" data-orig-size=\"551,489\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"m50backcgp\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;m50backcgp&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/m50backcgp.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/m50backcgp.png\" class=\"size-full wp-image-510344\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/m50backcgp.png\" alt=\"m50backcgp\" width=\"551\" height=\"489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/m50backcgp.png 551w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/m50backcgp-225x200.png 225w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/m50backcgp-300x266.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/m50backcgp-450x399.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/m50backcgp-533x473.png 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-510344\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy:<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 50 Butterfly<\/h3>\n<p>One day after rallying for the gold medal in the 100 butterfly, Canadian <strong>Maggie Mac Neil<\/strong> posted the top time in the prelims of the 50 fly, going 26.24. New Zealand&#8217;s <strong>Helena Gasson<\/strong> was next in qualifying at 26.52 while Canada&#8217;s <strong>Katerine Savard<\/strong> was third in 26.57. Aussie <strong>Emma McKeon<\/strong> conserved energy on the way to fourth in 26.65.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_510346\" style=\"width: 556px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-510346\" data-attachment-id=\"510346\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/commonwealth-games-day-3-prelims-chad-le-clos-starts-chase-for-fourth-straight-200-butterfly-crown\/w50flycgp\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/w50flycgp.png\" data-orig-size=\"546,454\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"w50flycgp\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;w50flycgp&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/w50flycgp.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/w50flycgp.png\" class=\"size-full wp-image-510346\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/w50flycgp.png\" alt=\"w50flycgp\" width=\"546\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/w50flycgp.png 546w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/w50flycgp-241x200.png 241w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/w50flycgp-300x249.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/w50flycgp-450x374.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/w50flycgp-533x443.png 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-510346\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy:<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 100 Freestyle<\/h3>\n<p>Knowing it wouldn&#8217;t take a major effort to advance to the semifinals, the big names in the 100 freestyle simply cruised into the semifinals. Taking the top seed was Canadian <strong>Joshua Liendo<\/strong>, who covered his morning race in 48.54. Following in second was England&#8217;s <strong>Tom Dean<\/strong> (48.61) while Aussie <strong>Zac Incerti<\/strong> and Canada&#8217;s <strong>Ruslan Gaziev<\/strong> tied for third in 48.84. <strong>Kyle Chalmers<\/strong> of Australia was sixth in 48.98 and Scotland&#8217;s <strong>Duncan Scott<\/strong> was ninth in 49.31.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_510350\" style=\"width: 565px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-510350\" data-attachment-id=\"510350\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/commonwealth-games-day-3-prelims-chad-le-clos-starts-chase-for-fourth-straight-200-butterfly-crown\/100freemcgp\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/100freemcgp.png\" data-orig-size=\"555,538\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"100freemcgp\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;100freemcgp&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/100freemcgp-555x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/100freemcgp.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-510350\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/100freemcgp-555x500.png\" alt=\"100freemcgp\" width=\"555\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-510350\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy:<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commonwealth Game: Chad le Clos Starts Chase For Fourth Straight 200 Butterfly Crown; 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