The glisten of gold is irresistible for the South African swimming star as he bids to rewrite the history books
Chad le Clos is at the stage of his career when he knows what the next chapter is all about: “My legacy. I might be 30 and some people might have written me off, but don’t do that. Never do that.”
“Us Pinetown boys are resilient,” he says, highlighting his earlier days in the KwaZulu-Natal town 20km outside Durban. “And last year was a complete write-off. I don’t want to go into it because it’s not for anybody else to know. But it was something so deep, it was worse than my parents having cancer and this was worse for them.
“I’ve been thinking about these Commonwealth Games for a long time,” he says. “I need two more gongs and I feel fairly confident that, despite the setbacks, I will achieve my target in Birmingham. “That will be part of my legacy and I’m determined to achieve it. I will also go down as the best short-course swimmer of all time. Michael Phelps is considered the best long-course swimmer ever, but I will also have my own history.”
“It hurts every time I lose, and for me coming second is losing. But it can’t always be about gold medals and I think that, at the age of 30, I have finally come to accept that.
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