butterfly, le Clos won the silver medal with a time of 21.97 seconds, finishing only behind the world record holder in the event Nicholas Santos of Brazil. Two Russians flanked Le Clos in the final of the 100 metre freestyle, with Vladimir Morozov winning the silver medal, Le Clos winning the bronze medal, and Vladislav Grinev placing fourth, all within three-tenths of a second of each other. In the prelims heats of the 200 metre freestyle, Le Clos was 0.29 seconds off the 1:42.90 Blake Pieroni of the United States swum to achieve the eighth-fastest time and a spot in the final, instead ranking tenth with a 1:43.19 and not qualifying for the final. In the final of the 4×50 metre freestyle relay, Le Clos split a 20.31 for the second leg of the relay to help achieve a time of 1:24.14 and a fifth-place finish. 2019 2019 Long Course World Championships Le Clos entered to compete in the 100 metre freestyle, 100 metre butterfly, and 200 metre butterfly, and chose not to swim in the 100 metre freestyle at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea. He won the bronze medal in the 100 metre butterfly, finishing after gold medalist Caeleb Dressel of the United States and silver medalist Andrei Minakov of Russia, and the bronze medal in the 200 metre butterfly, finishing behind gold medalist Kristóf Milák of Hungary and silver medalist Daiya Seto of Japan. 2019 International Swimming League In the Autumn of 2019, he was a member of the inaugural International Swimming League competing for the Energy Standard Swim Club of which he was co-captain (with Sarah Sjöström). In December, the team won the overall title in Las Vegas, Nevada. Le Clos won the MVP title at the London stop on the inaugural tour amassing 44.5 points. He won the 100m / 200m Butterfly double three times over the season (Indianapolis, Naples and London), and in Indianapolis, he also won the 100m Freestyle. Over the season, he had the fourth most points (190.5) of any swimmer behind Emma Mckeon, Caeleb Dressel, and overall MVP (and teammate) Sarah Sjöström. 2021 2020 Summer Olympics On 23 July 2021, Le Clos shared the honour of serving as a flag bearer for South Africa, alongside field hockey player Phumelela Mbande, at the Parade of Nations during the opening ceremony of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. On