This day in South Africa
Chad le Clos beats Michael Phelps
14 years ago
London Aquatics Centre
On 31 July 2012 in London, Chad le Clos, twenty years old and from Durban, touched the wall in the 200 metre butterfly five hundredths of a second ahead of Michael Phelps, the most successful swimmer of his era and his boyhood hero, in an event Phelps had won at the previous two Games. The time was 1:52.96. Phelps finished second in 1:53.01.
This day in South Africa
