It is early, but not too early, to celebrate London 2012 as one of South Africa’s best-ever Olympics. The challenge now will be to learn from this.
Chad le Clos may have stunned the world with his winning performance in the pool this week, but his childhood swimming coach was not surprised.
South Africa has dropped a few ranks in the Olympic medal standings, after other nations stepped up to add gold to their own hauls.
Versatile swimmer Chad le Clos provided South Africa’s only shining light on the third day of the 2012 London Olympic Games.
Twelve medals for the South African Olympic team has been a best-case scenario at the London Summer Games but six is a more realistic target.
Swimming sensation Chad le Clos is headed to the London Olympics after swimming qualifying times for four butterfly medal events in Durban.
Olympic medal hopeful Cameron van der Burgh has secured his spot in the London Games by winning the 100m breaststroke at the national championships.
Chad le Clos braces to take on Michael Phelps in his signature event, the 200m butterfly, next year.
Chad le Clos has been named top performer at the meet at the Swimming World Cup in Beijing after hauling six golds during the tournament.
Teenager Chad le Clos stretched his lead at the top of the Swimming World Cup standings with a four-medal haul on the opening day of the Beijing leg.
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/ 21 October 2011
Chad le Clos has the swimming world buzzing as he leads the seven-leg Fina World Cup points table heading into this weekend’s fourth event.
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/ 9 September 2011
The South African swimming team surpassed their medal total from the previous All Africa Games on Friday with one day in hand in Maputo.
The South African swimming team added 12 medals to the 11 they won on Monday with four gold, three silver, and five bronze.
Former swimming world record holder Gerhard Zandberg says Swimming South Africa needs to get its act together or they can expect an exodus of talent.