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FRIDAY 10 JUNE 2016 THE BUGLE 15<br />
Crous takes glory in 50 metre elimination event in Monaco<br />
Continued from Back Page...<br />
“We are absolutely thrilled by his<br />
achievement and will support<br />
him 100 percent at all times,'<br />
said Juan.<br />
AS Katinka Hosszu claimed<br />
three more titles on the final day,<br />
it was South Africa’s Chad le<br />
Clos who completed a butterfly<br />
sweep of Monaco, posting an<br />
impressive 51.58 to break the<br />
meet record in the 100m.<br />
Hosszu’s first victory was the<br />
most comprehensive. <strong>The</strong> “Iron<br />
Lady” swam a 4:06.65 to claim<br />
the 400 free title by a massive<br />
7.6 seconds over the promising<br />
Canadian Taylor Ruck whose<br />
4:14.20 was enough to secure<br />
the silver ahead of Yuxi Chen<br />
(4:16.13) of China.<br />
Shortly after, Hosszu edged<br />
Zimbabwean Olympian Kirsty<br />
Coventry and Russian Anastasiia<br />
Fesikova for a narrow 100<br />
back win in a race that had the<br />
crowd on their feet. <strong>The</strong> Hungarian<br />
posted a 1:00.10 to finish<br />
well ahead of the Zimbabwean<br />
stalwart (1:00.67) and Russian<br />
(1:00.70). Here 16 year old<br />
Gratitude and Recovery .<br />
AFTER the Comrades two weeks<br />
ago (already ) I thought this<br />
would be an apt topic for this<br />
weeks blog .<br />
Many of us take running<br />
/walking and the ability to<br />
exercise for granted and sometimes<br />
it takes an event like the<br />
Comrades Marathon to jolt us in<br />
to realizing how lucky we are.<br />
Running past the Ethembeni<br />
School for the disabled in Catoridge<br />
especially really brings this<br />
home to me every year.<br />
Hundreds of children from the<br />
school line the road in wheelchairs<br />
/crutches etc and it is<br />
extremely humbling for all of us.<br />
We can all count ourselves<br />
extremely lucky to be able to do<br />
what we do. Think on this next<br />
time you are having a ”bad “ run<br />
.<br />
Recovery and rest work go hand<br />
in hand and it essential for all<br />
runners to allow themselves the<br />
time to recover sufficiently.<br />
<strong>The</strong> average runner will need to<br />
South African Mariella Venter<br />
looked solid in finishng in fifth<br />
place with a 1:01.78.<br />
Later in the meet’s final event,<br />
Hosszu went 2:11.11 to hand<br />
Coventry a comprehensive beating<br />
for the 200 IM title. <strong>The</strong><br />
Zimbabwean veteran posted a<br />
2:13.45 to edge out Austrian<br />
hopeful Lisa Zaiser (2:13.70)<br />
Earlier in the evening South<br />
African Michael Meyer was<br />
denied a podium finish in the<br />
400 IM when he posted a<br />
4:26,65 to claim fourth place in<br />
the opening event of the session.<br />
Feilian Mao of China took home<br />
the title in 4:18.94 with Canadian<br />
Luke Riley (4:22.49) and<br />
Hungarian Peter Bernek<br />
(4:24.35) completing the podium.<br />
Vsevolod Zanko of Russia<br />
claimed the 100 breaststroke<br />
honors in 1:00.74 in the absence<br />
of Olympic Champion, South<br />
African Cameron van der Burgh<br />
who scratched from the meet<br />
due to illness on Sunday morning.<br />
van der Burgh’s compatriot<br />
and Tuks Swimming teammate,<br />
On the run<br />
with<br />
Mike Webb<br />
rest at least 2 to 3 weeks after<br />
an event like the Comrades<br />
Marathon in order to recover<br />
properly.<br />
Like I have said before 'listen<br />
to your body'.... It will tell you<br />
when you are ready to head out<br />
on the road again.<br />
Once you feel it is time to start<br />
up again , start slowly<br />
,incorporate plenty of alternative<br />
exercise like swimming and<br />
cycling and light stretching .<br />
<strong>The</strong>se recovery tips apply to<br />
anyone doing any event that<br />
pushes you past your limits and<br />
creates muscle tissue damage.<br />
the exciting youngster Crous<br />
will be well pleased with his<br />
silver medal effort of 1:00.99<br />
posting significant distance between<br />
himself and bronze medalist,<br />
Germany’s Marco<br />
Koch (1:01.72).<br />
Crous went one better in the 50m<br />
elimination “dash for cash”<br />
events when he trumped Vsevolod<br />
Zanko.<br />
World record-holder Paul Biedermann<br />
posted a 1:46.71 to beat<br />
le Clos (1:49,28) by 2.5 seconds<br />
in the 200 free. <strong>The</strong> minor<br />
podium place went to Welson<br />
Sim from Malaysia with a<br />
1:49.29 who edged out Le Clos’s<br />
Seagulls ASC team mates Myles<br />
Brown (1:49.67) and sixth<br />
placed Calvyn Justus (1:51.19).<br />
<strong>The</strong> Mare Nostrum Series moved<br />
onto Canet in France for more<br />
world class action.<br />
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