Chad Le Clos held on for gold in a tough race. Photo: Express
The South African who upstaged Michael Phelps at the Olympics last summer, added the world title to his gold in London after winning in a team of 1min 54.3 seconds.
Le Clos tried to attack from the off, but struggled to pull away from Pawel Korzeniowski, who was the oldest swimmer in the field.
The South African was checking to see where the rest of the field was rather than concentrating on his swim which nearly proved costly.
Korzeniowski and Le Clos were nearly matching each other stroke to stroke but Le Clos pipped the Pole to the wall.
China’s Wu Peng claimed bronze. – Express
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