Le Clos sets new record medal count for Commonwealth Games

GLASGOW, July 30 : Veteran South African swimmer Chad le Clos won a 21st Commonwealth Games medal late on Wednesday to overtake Australia’s Emma McKeon as the most decorated athlete in the Games’ history.The 34-year-old swam the butterfly leg as South Africa took bronze in the men’s 4x100 medley relay for his third of the 2026 Games after silver in the mixed 4x100 medley and bronze in the men’s 4x100 freestyle relay.His record tally is made up of seven golds, five silvers and nine bronzes across the last five Games, starting in Delhi in 2010 at the age of 18 where he earned five medals, and then followed by seven medals in Glasgow in 2014.He continued with five more on the Gold Coast in 2018 and one in Birmingham four years ago. “It was emotional, but I think those first two medals (in Gla