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Chad Le Clos retains 100m butterfly title

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Defending champion Chad Le Clos retains his 100m butterfly title with victory in the final at the World Swimming Championships.

Chad Le Clos has successfully defended the 100m butterfly title that he won in Barcelona in 2013 with victory at the World Swimming Championships in Kazan.

South Africa's Chad Le Clos celebrates winning the final of the men's 100m butterfly swimming event at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan on August 8, 2015© Getty Images

The South African broke the African record as he posted a time of 50.56s, finishing 0.31s ahead of Hungary's Laszlo Cseh, who took the silver.

Joseph Schooling of Singapore completed the top three, setting a new Asian record with a time of 50.96s, a day after breaking his national record in the semi-finals.

Le Clos also won a silver in the 200m butterfly earlier this week.

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Chad le Clos of South Africa competes in the Men's 100m Butterfly heats on day fourteen of the 16th FINA World Championships at the Kazan Arena on August 7, 2015
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