23.37 seconds. For his second final of the session, he placed seventh in the 200-metre freestyle in 1:47.46, finishing less than two seconds behind gold medalist Kyle Chalmers of Australia. In his third and final event of the session, he helped the 4×100-metre freestyle relay place sixth in 3:17.27, splitting a 47.97 for the second leg of the relay. The following day, he won his third consecutive Commonwealth Games title and gold medal in the 200-metre butterfly, setting a new Games record with his winning time of 1:54.00. His win made him the first man to win three consecutive Commonwealth Games titles in the 200-metre butterfly. It also marked the second time a man won the same event three consecutive times at the Commonwealth Games. In the 100-metre freestyle final on day four, Le Clos faced off against Scottish Olympian Duncan Scott and 2016 Olympic champion in the 100-metre freestyle, Australian Kyle Chalmers, and tied Kyle Chalmers for the silver medal, both finishing only behind Duncan Scott, with a personal best time of 48.15 seconds. On the fifth day, he won a third gold medal, this time winning the 100-metre butterfly with a new Games record time of 50.65 seconds, which was over six-tenths of a second faster than silver medalist in the event James Guy of England. On the sixth and final day of competition, he split a 50.10 for the butterfly leg of the 4×100-metre medley relay to help win the bronze medal in a time of 3:34.79. 2018 Swimming World Cup Following his success at the 2018 Swimming World Cup, Le Clos won the Guinness World Record for "most gold medals won in the FINA Swimming World Cup by a male swimmer" with 143 gold medals spanning his competing in Swimming World Cups starting in 2009 through the end of the 2018 Swimming World Cup. 2018 Short Course World Championships In the 100 metre butterfly at the 2018 World Short Course Championships in Hangzhou, China in December, Le Clos won the gold medal with a time of 48.50 seconds, finishing over two-tenths of a second ahead of silver medalist Caeleb Dressel of the United States and over seven-tenths of a second ahead of Li Zhuhao of China. Le Clos set a new African record in the 200 metre butterfly with a time of 1:48.32, which earned him the silver medal in the event. For the 50 metre