{"id":21901,"date":"2013-08-14T13:19:56","date_gmt":"2013-08-14T11:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/le-clos-returns-to-home-soil\/"},"modified":"2013-08-14T13:19:56","modified_gmt":"2013-08-14T11:19:56","slug":"le-clos-returns-to-home-soil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/le-clos-returns-to-home-soil\/","title":{"rendered":"Le Clos returns to home soil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/?attachment_id=13409\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13409\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13409\" alt=\"Chad Le Clos. Photo: Gallo Images\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/500d1_Chad-le-Clos-swims-130803G300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chad Le Clos. Photo: Gallo Images<\/p>\n<p>South African swimming sensation Chad le Clos arrived home yesterday after a successful two weeks in the pool, which added a world short course record and two world titles to his name.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe last two weeks have been crazy\u2026 even the build-up to the world championships was huge and the expectations for Cameron van der Burgh and I were really big,\u201d Le Clos said at OR Tambo International Airport on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cComing into these championships, we had a target on our backs and it feels better that we had that and delivered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is one thing going into the championships as the underdog and then winning, but when you are the favourite and winning it actually feels better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/le-clos-sets-new-swimming-world-record\/\" target=\"_blank\">Le Clos won both the 100 and 200m butterfly golds<\/a> at the recent Fina World Championships in Barcelona, <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/le-clos-and-wu-peng-make-history-in-barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\">becoming the first South African swimmer to win two events<\/a> in the same discipline at the global showpiece.<\/p>\n<p>Topping-off two fantastic weeks for the Olympic gold medallist, Le Clos then set a new world record in the men\u2019s 200m butterfly short course at the Swimming World Cup challenge in Eindhoven, Netherlands the following week. \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iol.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sapa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more breaking sporting news and views, visit MySport24 on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MySport24\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mysport24?ref=hl\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/le-clos-wins-butterfly-for-second-gold\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/500d1_190651774_80_802.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/le-clos-wins-butterfly-for-second-gold\/\" target=\"_blank\">Le Clos wins butterfly for second gold<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/le-clos-sets-new-swimming-world-record\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/9814d_191918139_80_803.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/le-clos-sets-new-swimming-world-record\/\" target=\"_blank\">Le Clos sets new swimming world record<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/le-clos-and-van-der-burgh-the-toast-of-the-nation\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/9814d_190051628_80_801.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/le-clos-and-van-der-burgh-the-toast-of-the-nation\/\" target=\"_blank\">Le Clos and Van der Burgh the toast of the nation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/9814d_zemified_h.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chad Le Clos. 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