Chad le Clos was victorious on three occasions, bringing home the gold in the 200m butterfly with a time of 1:55.80, while the silver went to Denmark’s Viktor Bromer in 1:56.30 and the bronze to Australia’s Christopher Wright in 1:57.03.
In the 100m freestyle, Le Clos’s time of 48.96 won him the race title, over a second ahead of Argentina’s Federico Grabich in 49.39 and France’s Jeremy Stravius in 49.42. SA’s Caydon Muller came fourth in 49.63 and Douglas Erasmus eighth in 50.10.
The Durbanite concluded the first day with a gold medal in the 50m butterfly, clocking 23.43 to Giles Smith’s 23.58 (USA) and Ivan Lender’s 23.87 (Serbia).
