Le Clos wins again; birthday boy Lochte sixth
South Africa's Chad le Clos was delighted to claim his second gold in Saturday's 100m butterfly final, but there was disappointment for birthday boy Ryan Lochte at swimming's world championships.
The 21-year-old le Clos, the Olympic and world 200m champion, clocked 51.06 sec, with Hungary's Laszlo Cseh at 0.39 back and Poland's Konrad Czerniak 0.40 adrift in the 100m final.
But Lochte, who has won three golds in Barcelona, finished sixth on his 29th birthday.
Having also won the 200m final on Wednesday, the same night compatriot Cameron van der Burgh won the men's 50m breaststroke final, le Clos was delighted at his second world title.
"It's like a dream come true," said le Clos of his two gold medals.
"After the Olympics I took a lot of time off and I wasn't really sure about these championships.
"When I got the gold on Wednesday, I could really feel the confidence coming into the 100m.
"I had a great training camp in Hungary and that gave me a lot of confidence because before that I wasn't in great shape.
"Finally in the past six weeks, I could feel the good feelings coming back."
There was disappointment for Lochte, who failed to add to the 15 world titles he has won in his career.
"I felt really good in the water, but I couldn't get a medal," said the US star, whose haul is second only to Michael Phelps' total of 26 world titles.
Agence France-Presse
(China Daily 08/05/2013 page24)
