Le Clos wins 50m butterfly gold at #GC2018
Updated | By Morgan Piek
Swimmer Chad le Clos has won South Africa's second gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia.
The 2012 London Olympics champion won the men's 50 meter butterfly by touching the wall in 23.27 sec.
Trinidad and Tobago's Dylan Carter finished in second to claim silver for the Caribbean nation.
It was a double podium for Team South Africa with Ryan Coetzee clocking 23.73 sec to win the bronze medal. This has taken South Africa's tally to three medals (two gold and one bronze).
Earlier on Friday, Le Clos, missed out on a medal by finishing in 7th overall in the men's 200m freestyle.
On Thursday, Henri Schoeman won the mens' triathlon for South Africa's first medal at the games.
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