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Tag: Chad Le Clos

  • South African Nationals 16 – 22 April 2012

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    The Kings Park swimming pool in Durban will host the week-long South African National Swimming Championships, starting on Monday, which doubles as the final chance for South Africans to swim inside the strict FINA A qualifying times. 12 swimmers have so far achieved the necessary standards, but need to do it again this week, according…

  • 4 videos from when Ian Thorpe competed in Singapore

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    Courtesy of The Sports Pages, both interviews and interesting clips from the poolside. Dig his camera entourage here in the first video … And here, the use of some white iPad-looking tablet for video review. We see more and more of that on the pool deck now,

  • The Morning Swim Show: Chad Le Clos

    The Morning Swim Show: Chad Le Clos

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    Peter Busch, host of The Morning Swim Show, speaking with Chad Le Clos about choice of new car and stuff now after winning 23 gold medals and some US$ 146.000 on the FINA/Arena World Cup 2011 circuit.

  • Le Clos the best I’ve seen, says South Africa’s top swimming coach

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    South Africas Top swimming coach, Graham Hill, says teenager Chad Le Clos is the best talent he has worked with, and has tipped the teenager for a medal at next year’s Olympic Games in London. “I’ve seen many swimmers in my time, but he’s certainly the best I’ve come across” “He’s got all the tools…

  • Chad Le Clos gets a hero’s welcome back in Durban

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    South Africa’s 2011 FINA World Cup winner Chad Le Clos arrived this afternoon at the King Shaka International Airport in Durban, to a hero’s welcome. All together he won over 30 medals in the seven series event to clinch his first overall World Cup title in Tokyo on Sunday, earning some US$145,500 in prize money.…

  • Alshammar and Le Clos overall winners of the FINA World Cup

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    It’s official, Therese Alshammar (SWE) and Chad Le Clos (RSA) are the overall winners of the FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup 2011, each receiving US$ 100,000 in prize money in addition to their thousands won in individual races. For Alshammer it is her second time in a row, winning in 2006, 2007 and 2010, and taking…

  • The Stockholm 2011 World Cup startlist is ready

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    Exciting stuff, our guy Pál Joensen will be competing against Paul Biedermann in the 400 free, and is the favorite in the 1500. Other interesting names are for instance Geoff Huegill and Eamon Sullivan from Australia, Therese Alshammar and Stefan Nystrand from Sweden, Ingvild Snildal and Alexander Dale Oen from Norway, David Verraszto and Zjuzsanna…