Andrei Minakov of Russia. Le Clos ranked 20th in the prelims heats of the 50 metre butterfly on day four with a time of 23.02 and did not qualify for the semifinals. On the fifth day of competition, Le Clos placed 23rd in the prelims heats of the 100 metre freestyle and did not qualify for the semifinals. 2022 In early 2022, Le Clos announced he withdrew from the competition in the year's Midmar Mile due to missed training after contracting bronchitis. After recovering from bronchitis, Le Clos returned to competition, winning gold medals in the long course 100-metre freestyle in 49.41 seconds and the 50-metre butterfly with a time of 24.38 seconds at the 2022 Grand Prix Meet held in Durban in mid-February. 2022 South Africa National Championships On day one of the 2022 South Africa National Swimming Championships in Gqeberha, 6 April, he swam a 24.18 in the prelims heats of the 50-metre butterfly, qualifying for the final ranking first. He went on to win the final with a time of 23.93 seconds and helped achieve a win in the 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay in 3:33.52. On the second day, he made a guest appearance commentating during the live broadcast of the 400-metre individual medley, including talking about his goal for the Championships of qualifying for his fourth Commonwealth Games and his longer-term goal of becoming the most decorated Commonwealth Games competitor, a feat he would need one more medal to equal. In the 200-metre butterfly on day three, he achieved a gold medal and a 2022 Commonwealth Games and 2022 World Aquatics Championships qualifying time of 1:55.75. Later in the same session, he placed fifth in the 100-metre freestyle with a 50.86. He achieved a second qualifying time on the fourth day, winning the gold medal and national title in the 100-metre butterfly in 51.88 seconds and finishing less than two-tenths of a second ahead of silver medalist in the event, Matthew Sates. He was later also named to the 2022 World Championships team in the 50-metre butterfly. In June, he was officially named as part of the South Africa team to represent the country in swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. 2022 World Aquatics Championships Starting on the first day of swimming competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, Le Clos placed 33rd in the 50-metre butterfly preliminaries with a time of 23.86 seconds. After struggling