Jason Dunford through to the butterfly semis

Jason Dunford carries the Kenyan flag during the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olmpic Games at the Olympic stadium on July 27, 2012.

Jason Dunford qualified for the 100m butterfly semis after finishing fourth in heat 5 at the Aquatics Centre in London on Thursday.

The Commonwealth champion posted a time of 52.23 seconds to be ranked 15^th overall out of the permitted 16 qualifiers.

Freshly crowned 100m freestyle winner Chad Clos from South Africa won the heat in 51.54 ahead of Polish Konrad Czerniak who recorded a time of 51.85. Third place went to German Stefan Deibler with 51.92.

Earlier in the day, Jason’s younger brother David failed toqualify for the Semi’s after finishing third in the 50m freestyle dashing hishopes in the London Olympics.

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