Fit-again Chad Le Clos, Lara Van Niekerk Back For Sa Short Course Champs

Both Chad le Clos and Lara van Niekerk will return to competition after injury lay-offs at this weeks SA Short Course Championships at Kings Park Pool in Durban from today until Sunday.

The event will give swimmers the chance to qualify for the World Short Course Championships, which will take place in Budapest, Hungary from December 10-15.

Van Niekerk is returning after two months out with a back injury, and apart from her usual 50m and 100m breaststroke events, she has also been entered into the 200m breaststroke, the 100m butterfly and the 100m individual medley.

The two-time Commonwealth Games champion described herself as around 90 ready for the competition.

I was off for two months due to a back injury that I picked up racing overseas, so Ive been back in the pool for about six weeks now, she said.