Chevan Clarke stunned world champion Ryle de Morny in the Men’s Flags but De Morny responded with victory over Clarke in the beach sprint final at the DHL Lifesaving South Africa National Championships.
Saturday’s blustering wind conditions had resulted in the sprints and flags events taking place on Sunday, but such has been the form of Clarke that he would have backed himself to upstage his long-time teammate and friend.
Clarke, in the build-up had expressed confidence of a victory and De Morny had reinforced the former’s belief with an acknowledgement that Clarke was in the best shape of his career.Still, De Morny is a winner and mate or teammate, he competes to win gold, so when he lost out to Clarke in the flags, it was inevitable that he would find that something extra to retain his national beach sprint title and the crown as South Africa’s fastest man on sand.
Saturday’s Championship opening day at Kings Beach in Gqeberha belonged to 22 year-old Durban Surf’s Amic de Jager, who defied the conditions and blew the opposition away in winning four golds, including the prestigious Iron Woman. But nothing could stop De Jager’s charge to gold, not even Umhlanga Rocks’s in-form Sasha-Lee Corris, who placed second to De Jager on four occasions before exacting revenge with an outstanding victory in the Run/Swim/Run.
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