Le Clos breaks 100m fly world record to win world short course gold
Chad le Clos, rebounding from what he considered a disappointing Rio Olympics, won his second gold of the Short Course Swimming World Championships on Thursday with a world record-setting victory in the 100m butterfly.
The South African's time of 48.08sec improved his own world record of 48.44, set at the previous edition of the championships in Doha in 2014.
Le Clos, denied a 200m fly Olympic repeat in Rio, added another gold to the 200m fly title he captured on Tuesday when the championships kicked off in Windsor, Canada.
American Tom Shields was second in 49.04 and Australian David Morgan claimed bronze in 49.31.
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