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Chad le Clos Doubles on Opening Night of South African Short Course Championships<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jessica Thompson<\/strong> and Chad le Clos<\/strong> kicked off the Bombela Concession Company SA National (25m) Championships in Pietermaritzburg with two titles each on Thursday, both collecting golds in the 100m freestyle and 50m butterfly.<\/p>\n

<\/u><\/u>The 18-year-old Thompson claimed a comfortable victory in the 100m freestyle in 54.29 seconds before doing the same in the 50m butterfly in 25.66 seconds. <\/u><\/u>She admitted afterward, though, that she was hoping she would break the national short course record of 25.54 in the butterfly, a mark which has been held by Tayla Lovemore for the last seven years.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t want to say anything, but that is kind of what I was going for. The record has been standing since 2018,\u201d she said. <\/u><\/u>\u201cBut to walk away with two PBs, I\u2019m really happy with that. I didn\u2019t expect that, especially considering the block of training I\u2019ve had. So I\u2019m really happy with how I performed tonight.\u201d<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

Le Clos was also happy with his day\u2019s work. He finished a body-length in front of the field in the 100m freestyle, winning in 47.55 seconds, before completing an impressive victory in the 50m butterfly in 22.79 seconds. Second place was secured by 18-year-old Tai Pearson in 23.64, while third was taken by a swimmer more than half le Clos\u2019s age \u2013 15-year-old Eric Kotze in 23.79 seconds.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was good, I\u2019m happy,\u201d said a relaxed Le Clos, who has returned to competition after an extended break. \u201cI\u2019m in a really good space\u2026 I\u2019ve only been seriously training under a proper programme for the last six weeks. This year I was kind of floating so it\u2019s nice to swim decent and it\u2019s nice to see the youngsters swim really well.\u201d<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

Lara van Niekerk<\/strong> was equally pleased with her opening day\u2019s performances in Pietermaritzburg after claiming the 100m breaststroke title in 1:05.98. She followed that up with second place in the 100m individual medley, an event she just swims for fun, in 1:02.78.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

\u201cMy knee started acting up a week ago, to the point where I couldn\u2019t kick breaststroke in training, so I\u2019m just really grateful to be here,\u201d she said. \u201cIt kind of took the expectations away\u2026 Having the knee thing last week I think took some pressure off me and I\u2019m just happy I could do that time.\u201d<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

The men\u2019s 100m breaststroke title was secured by World Championships finalist Chris Smith<\/strong>, who reached the wall in a time of 58.24.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

There were first-time national titles for both the winners in the 200m backstroke, with Grace Morris<\/strong> claiming the women\u2019s title in a new personal best of 2:09.56 and Adrian van Wyk<\/strong> the men\u2019s in 1:56.42.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

While her main focus is on the 50m freestyle, Caitlin de Lange<\/strong> raced to victory in the 100m individual medley in a personal best time of 1:00.69.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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