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Chad le Clos’s Eponymous CLC Academy Will Soon Be Open For Business In Cape Town
- Updated: November 26, 2016
South Africa’s Olympic champions of 2012, Chad le Clos and Cameron Van der Burgh are the first prominent members of the CLC Academy, Le Clos’ eponymous start-up elite swim project in Cape Town. The two “international coaches” who will guide from the deck are to be announced in the near future.
Speaking to the Independent on Saturday in South Africa about a day out with a 12-year-old who taught him some valuable lessons, Le Clos gave put a little meat on the bones of a plan he revealed to SwimVortex in October: “I will still be in Durban at least once a month to be with family and friends, but I have set up in Cape Town as it’s more suitable for me. Cameron van der Burgh has joined the academy as well, and I have two international coaches coming through soon to help with my training, so it’s going to be a very busy next few months.”
Le Clos would like to see home-grown talent state home in South Africa instead of being forced to go overseas because of a lack of facilities and support for elite swimming in the country. Many of his teammates and other South Africans who succeeded on the biggest of occasions, from Penny Heyns through Ryk Neethling, Roland Schoeman and more, ended up in north America at the height of their careers, while the current generation of swimmers is still being told come the hour of international selection “pay your way or make a significant contribution top travel, stay and more, or you won’t be representing your country’.
South Africans are not alone in finding themselves in the United States to hone their swim talents. Joe Schooling, who picked up SIN$1m this week for his …
