Le Clos’ quest for fifth straight gold continues with semifinal victory

Chad Le Clos of SA competes in the men's 100m butterfly on day two of the Fina World Swimming Championships at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi on December 17 2021.Hours after claiming a bronze medal in the 200m butterfly, Chad le Clos was back in the pool on the second day of the World Short Course Championships in Abu Dhabi on Friday.

But the former world record-holder in the event stepped it up in the evening’s semifinal, winning the race in a much speedier 49.56, just four hundredths of a second ahead of 19-year-old Egyptian Youssef Ramadan. Meanwhile, the evening’s finals were highlighted by another world record, this time in the women’s 4x50m medley relay. The Swedish team of sisters Louise and Sophie Hansson, Sarah Sjostrom and Michelle Coleman powered to victory in 1:42.38 to equal the previous mark set by the USA at the 2018 Championships in China.

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