Olympic swimmer Chad le Clos recovering after hospital stay

Olympic swimmer Chad le Clos has just been released from hospital and won’t be competing in the Midmar Mile.


Olympic gold medallist Chad le Clos has taken to Instagram with the news that he has been sick for the past few weeks and that he won’t be competing in the Midmar Mile over the upcoming weekend.

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“I have a little bit of news,” he said in his reel. “Unfortunately, I have been sick the last couple of weeks. I was going to compete at the Midmar Mile coming up this weekend in Durban. Unfortunately, I haven’t trained for the last two weeks,” the famous swimmer said.

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