It's the Chad and Cameron show - again

Another national gala and once again Chad le Clos and Cameron van der Burgh stole the show.

Competing in Durban on the opening night of the SA Championships last night, the duo bagged the only two A-qualifying standards for the world championships in Budapest later this year. Van der Burgh achieved his in the 100m breaststroke semifinals, while Le Clos grabbed his in the 100m freestyle in the opening leg of the 4x100m freestyle relay.

The veteran duo - who bothrelocated to Cape Town earlier this year to become stablemates and have six Olympic medals between them - were not expected to struggle.

But the others here did, which is why Swimming SA has lowered the standards, saying it would consider B-criteria if the swimmers were young, female or black.

Le Clos, who clocked 48.64 for his new Western Cape outfit in the relay, said he was happy since leaving Pinetown.

"I'm in a really good environment with new coaches," said Le Clos, who split from coach Graham Hill after the Rio Games to join Italian Andrea Di Nino.