Cameron van der Burgh ends golden career in winning style
Cameron van der Burgh bowed out of an illustrious career in style, winning the 100m breaststroke gold medal at the World Short-Course Swimming Championships in Hangzhou, China, yesterday.
The South African swimming legend, who started his career in Pretoria, announced his retirement from a career that spanned more than a decade.
The 30-year-old’s accolades include the London 2012 Olympic title and more than a dozen world championship medals across both the long and the short course.
Van der Burgh holds the world short-course 50m and 100m breaststroke records and also held both records in the 50m pool.
He boasts two world 50m breaststroke long-course titles while his heroics yesterday earned him his third short-course gold medal extending his tally to five world titles.
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