with breathing issues towards the beginning of the Championships, he withdrew from the remaining competition. 2022 Commonwealth Games Getting started at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, held in July and August in Birmingham, England, Le Clos achieved a spot in the semifinals of the 50-metre butterfly based on his overall eighth-rank and time of 23.80 seconds in the preliminaries of the event on day one of competition. He placed fifth in his semifinal heat and did not advance to the event's final. On day three of competition, he ranked second in the preliminaries of the 200-metre butterfly with a time of 1:56.85, which was less than one-tenth of a second behind first-ranked Lewis Clareburt of New Zealand and over half a second ahead of third-ranked Duncan Scott of Scotland, and qualified for the evening final. He won the silver medal in the final with a time of 1:55.89. The silver medal brought his total number of medals won at the Commonwealth Games to 18, including eight medals in individual butterfly events over his first four Commonwealth Games (2010 to 2022), which tied the record of 18 medals held by sport shooters Mick Gault of England and Phillips Adams of Australia for most decorated competitor at the Commonwealth Games across all sports. The following morning, he swam a time of 52.65 seconds in the preliminaries of the 100-metre butterfly, qualifying for the semifinals ranking ninth. For the semifinals, he finished in a time of 51.64 seconds and ranked second across both semifinal heats behind Matthew Temple of Australia, qualifying for the final. He followed his semifinals performance up with a sixth-place finish in the final of the 4×200-metre freestyle relay, splitting a 1:47.47 for the second leg of the relay. In the final of the 100 metre butterfly the next day, he placed fourth with a time of 51.61 seconds. Had he won a medal in the event, he would have been the first person in history to achieve 19 medals at the Commonwealth Games over the course of their career. He followed his performance up with a time of 50.94 seconds for the butterfly portion of the 4×100-metre mixed medley relay in the final, helping drop over five full seconds from the former South African record in the event to set new African and national records and place fourth. 2022 Swimming World Cup On day one of the 2022 FINA Swimming