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South African swimmer Chad le Clos looks forward to Dubai World Cup.

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SOUNDBITE: (English) Chad Le Clos, South African Swimmer and Olympic Champion. It has been a very good few weeks for me. Obviously coming off the world champs in Barcelona, breaking the world record in Eindhoven was a big plus to the world cup. It gave me a bit of extra cushioning so I am pretty comfortable at the moment. But you know what makes it difficult about this world cups is that you have to be on your game all the time and there are as many people that can knock you off the top. So for me it's important in many ways because obviously I am trying to win the whole series but also to prepare myself for next year for the following years to come. So I have always said the World Cup is a good stepping point you know for the major that comes the following year. So I did well in 2011 and then the Olympics came along. Next year is going to be no different.

SOUNDBITE: (English) Chad Le Clos, South African Swimmer and Olympic Champion. It has been a very good few weeks for me. Obviously coming off the world champs in Barcelona, breaking the world record in Eindhoven was a big plus to the world cup. It gave me a bit of extra cushioning so I am pretty comfortable at the moment. But you know what makes it difficult about this world cups is that you have to be on your game all the time and there are as many people that can knock you off the top. So for me it's important in many ways because obviously I am trying to win the whole series but also to prepare myself for next year for the following years to come. So I have always said the World Cup is a good stepping point you know for the major that comes the following year. So I did well in 2011 and then the Olympics came along. Next year is going to be no different.