SA’s swimming star Chad le Clos has failed in his quest to take sole ownership of the all-time record of Commonwealth Games medals won. Photo: Anton Geyser
Chad le Clos fails to grab sole Commonwealth Games medal record
SA’s swimming star Chad le Clos has failed in his quest to take sole ownership of the all-time record of Commonwealth Games medals won.
SA’s swimming star Chad le Clos has failed in his quest to take sole ownership of the all-time record of Commonwealth Games medals won. Photo: Anton Geyser
South Africa’s swimming star Chad le Clos failed in his quest to take sole ownership of the all-time record of Commonwealth Games medals won on Tuesday evening.
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Le Clos finished fourth in the men’s 100m butterfly final to fall short of becoming the highest Commonwealth Games medal-winning athlete ever.
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As reported by The South African website, Le Clos entered these Games needing only one more medal to join shooters Phillip Adams of Australia and England’s Mick Gault as the joint-most prolific Commonwealth Games medallists with 18 medals won.
Le Clos achieved that distinction when he took the silver medal in the men’s 200m butterfly earlier in the week having missed out on making the final in the men’s 50m butterfly.
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Chad le Clos now remains tied on top of the pile with 18 Commonwealth Games medals won, including seven gold, four silver and seven bronze.
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Meanwhile, Le Clos, Adams and Gault were joined on 18 medals earlier on Tuesday evening by Australian swimming superstar Emma McKeon – at the time of publishing.
McKeon is not yet finished with her programme in Birmingham and is likely to leave with the sole record to her name.
