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Le Clos withdraws form 200 IM final


Chad le Clos and Suzaan van Biljon both achieved milestones in the swimming pool in their respective semi-finals at the London Olympic Games last night.

Le Clos secured his fourth final at the Games in the men's 200m individual medley by the skin of his teeth - securing a berth in Thursday night's final with the eighth fastest time.

However, the news just in is that Le Clos has withdrawn from the 200 IM final to focus on the 100m butterfly.

He explained that his breastroke was not fast enough, however, to challenge Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte in the medley.

Van Biljon broke Penny Heyns' 13-year-old South African record of 2:23.64 in the women's 200 metres breaststroke semi-final.

She finished third in her semi-final with a time of 2:23.21 to advance to the final.