Former Olympic champion Chad le Clos was named to the South African team on Monday for his seventh swimming world championship.
The South African Swimming Federation said the 30-year-old le Clos is planning to compete in the world 50, 100 and 200 meters butterfly in Budapest, Hungary, starting on June 18, the South African swimming federation said.
Le Clos is the 2012 Olympic champion in the 200 butterfly and has also won four world titles in the 100 meters and 200 meters. But he failed to make it past the 100-butterfly qualifying round at last year’s Tokyo Olympics and finished fifth in the 200-fly final, sparking speculation he might be on the verge of retiring.
He won the 50, 100 and 200 events in the South African nations last month to return to form.
Le Clos also said in an interview last month with South African website New Frame that he battled depression last year around the time of the Olympics and eventually agreed to seek reassurance. help after the Olympics.
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Olympic 200m breaststroke champion and world record holder Tatjana Schoenmaker is also on the South African team for the worlds after she was unexpectedly beaten in second place by 18-year-old Lara van Niekerk. 50 and 100 breaststroke events in South African countries. Schoenmaker won a silver medal and broke the Olympic record of 100 breaststrokes in Tokyo.
Schoenmaker is listed as going 50, 100 and 200 in the world breaststroke while rising star Van Niekerk will compete for 50 and 100.
South Africa also has high hopes for Matthew Sates, another 18-year-old who set three youth world records last year and won the short-lived World Cup overall. He completed the 100, 200 and 400 freestyle events and the individual 200 metres.
