{"id":10179,"date":"2012-04-23T04:24:45","date_gmt":"2012-04-23T02:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/04\/swimming-le-clos-heads-south-african-olympic-qualifiers\/"},"modified":"2012-04-23T04:24:45","modified_gmt":"2012-04-23T02:24:45","slug":"swimming-le-clos-heads-south-african-olympic-qualifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/swimming-le-clos-heads-south-african-olympic-qualifiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming-Le Clos heads South African Olympic qualifiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">DURBAN, April 22<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; Chad le Clos laid down his<br \/>\nmarker as a potential medal winner at this year&#8217;s Olympic Games<br \/>\nwith multiple qualifying times (QT) at the South African<br \/>\nNational Swimming Championships which finished on Sunday.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old dipped inside the Olympic mark in four of<br \/>\nthe five races he entered and was among nine athletes who<br \/>\nsecured trips to London.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The highest profile name to guarantee selection was<br \/>\nbreaststroke specialist Cameron van der Burgh in the 100 metres.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Darian Townsend (200m individual medley), Riaan Schoeman<br \/>\n(400m individual medley), Gideon Louw (100m freestyle) and<br \/>\nHeerden Herman (1500m freestyle) were the other men to achieve<br \/>\nqualifying times.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Kathryn Meaklim (400m individual medley) was one of just<br \/>\nthree women to make the team, along with Wendy Trott (800m<br \/>\nfreestyle) and Karin Prinsloo (200m backstroke).<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Le Clos, the 2011 FINA World Cup Series winner, achieved<br \/>\nqualifying times in the 200m individual medley, 400m individual<br \/>\nmedley, 200m freestyle and 200m butterfly.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Durban-based swimmer played down his medal hopes in<br \/>\nLondon.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Obviously, I understand there&#8217;s going to be a lot of<br \/>\nexpectation after these trials, but for me personally I know<br \/>\nthat 2016 will be my main Olympics,&#8221; he told reporters.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The SA Sport Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc)<br \/>\nhas set stringent qualifying standards for its team in the wake<br \/>\nof their failure at the Beijing Olympics when the team failed to<br \/>\nscoop any medals in the pool.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DURBAN, April 22 (Reuters) &#8211; Chad le Clos laid down his marker as a potential medal winner at this year&#8217;s Olympic Games with multiple qualifying times (QT) at the South African National Swimming Championships which finished on Sunday. 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