there is no "chad le clos was the best butterfly swimmer of his time but his mother had cancer. " they're not an excuse. maybe it is a reason, one of the reasons, but at the end of the day, i'm not ever going to let that enter into my mind because difficulties happen in life and you just have to deal with them. and it would not be fair for me to, maybe if in four years time, god forbid, something happens to someone else. mentally, these have been tough times. let's talk about the mental resilience that sometimes has failed. failed, it seems to me, one or two people in swimming. in fact, for example, ian thorpe, grant hackett, missy franklin, the american, they have all been through tough times mentally. is there something about swimming which brings that on? i referred to it being a very solitary sport earlier in the programme, do you have any way of accounting for that? possibly. i guess,now that you mention it, there have been very difficult times with all those names that you mention, and for myself as well, but i think sometimes you can't account fpr things like that in life, things j

and at 230 — ‘extra time‘ interviews the south african olympic gold winning swimmer chad le clos.oon and welcome to bbc news. the united states has accused china of ‘intimidating' its neighbours by continuing a military build—up in the south china sea. james mattis, the defense secretary, said china was using its military might to coerce other countries in the region to accept its ownership of the disputed waters. he was speaking at a security summit in singapore. president trump is due to meet with north korea's kimjong—un there in 10 days time. from singapore, karishma vas—wami has just sent this report. the us is here to stay in asia, that's the message us defense secretary james mattis had for his asian counterparts in singapore today. but he also warned of china's increasing influence. china's militarisation of artificial features in the south china sea includes the deployment of anti—ship missiles, surface to air missiles, electronicjammers and the landing of bomber aircraft at woody island. despite their claims to the contrary, the placement of these weapons systems is tied

and at 2:30, extra time interviews the south african olympic gold winning swimmer chad le clos. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. one year ago today, eight people died and 48 others were injured in the london bridge terrorist attack. three men drove a van into pedestrians on the bridge and then started stabbing people in nearby borough market. today, a service of remembrance is being held at southwark cathedral. jane hill is there welcome back to southwark cathedral where in fact those dreadful events of one year ago have already been referenced in the usual sunday morning service here, very well attended, at the cathedral. in the next hour, that full—service 0fcom oration will get under way. 700 people have been invited to attend including the families of some of the eight people who lost their lives that night —— the full—service commemoration. they were from all over the world, australia, canada, france and spain as well as from here in london. there will be survivors and special tributes will be paid to members of the emergency services as well. i'll be talking to a nu