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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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