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Chad le Clos (AFP)
Chad le Clos (AFP)

Cape Town - Olympic gold medallist Chad le Clos brought the curtain down at the 2015 South African National Championships with his third gold medal on Saturday evening.

Le Clos was in dominant form, touching the wall in first place in the 100m butterfly with a time of 52.03 seconds. He was followed by Nico Meyer in 53.68 seconds, with George du Rand bagging bronze posting a time of 54.88.

Le Clos bowed out of the six-day meet with four qualifying times for the FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia in August.

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