Swimming: Le Clos Breaks 100m Fly World Record To Win World Short Course Gold

Muhammad Rameez Published December 09, 2016 | 09:45 AM

MONTREAL, Dec 9, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 09th Dec, 2016 ) - 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. Hungary's one-woman wrecking crew of Katinka Hosszu, a treble gold medalist in Rio, picked up her fourth individual gold of the championships in the 200m backstroke.

It was another convincing win for the "Iron Lady," who was in control from the 50m mark and steadily built her lead to win in 2:00.79 -- more than a second in front of runner-up Daryna Zevina of Ukraine (2:02.24).

Australian Emily Seebohm took bronze in 2:02.65. Hosszu, winner of the 200m butterfly, 100m back and 400m individual medley earlier in the meeting, also topped the semi-final times in the 100m individual medley.