30 Sep 2014

Japanese swim team threatens SA - Ryk Neethling

We caught up with Olympic gold medalist, Ryk Neethling, he tells us why he thinks the Japanese swimming team should be on every professional swimmer's radar.

Neethling tells us that at the moment Chad le Clos is among the top two swimmers in the world, but he has to be careful of the Japanese swimmers because of their outstanding technique.

Neethling says he thinks the Japanese will be a big force at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, but will be a 'world power in the pool,' by the 2020 Olympics to be hosted by Tokyo. Watch.

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