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South African Le Clos loses home in fatal fire

Aug 5 : South Africa's Chad le Clos said on Tuesday that his Cape Town apartment was destroyed in a fire that also killed one of his neighbours a day after the swimmer became the most decorated athlete in Commonwealth Games history.The 34-year-old won his 21st Commonwealth Games medal when South Africa took bronze in the men's 4x100 metres medley relay in Glasgow last week, moving past Australian Emma McKeon at the top of the all-time standings.However, the milestone was overshadowed when a fire ripped through his apartment block in the Sea Point suburb of Cape Town."It has taken me a while to process this heartbreaking tragedy," Le Clos posted on Instagram. "On the evening of July 30, amid breaking the all-time Commonwealth record, a fire started in my apartment block, which quickly sprea
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