London, Sunday, 15th September 2019 - The final day of the World Para Swimming Championships concluded with another African Record for Mzansi’s Christian Sadie. In the final of the S7 50m freestyle, Sadie posted a new African Record of 29.10 to finish the event in 6th place, while the gold went to the Ukraine’s Andrii Trusov in a new World Record time of 27.07. During day six of the competition yesterday, the 4 x 100m mixed freestyle relay team of Alani Ferreira, Hendri Herbst, Franco Smit an...Read More
Tunis, Sunday, 15th September 2019 - The 13th CANA Junior Africa Swimming Championships in Tunis, Tunisia concluded today with the South African swimming team claiming the top spot on the medal table with a total of 78 medals (46 gold, 22 silver and 10 bronze). The Mzansi team won 21 more medals than the 2015 competition in Egypt, where they still topped the medal table with a total of 57 medals. On the final day of the Championships today, Leigh McMorran won South Africa’s final gold medal in the 5km Open Water...Read More
Tunis, Saturday, 14th September 2019 - With twenty medals (9 gold, 6 silver and 5 bronze) out of eighteen races, the fourth day of the 13th CANA Junior Africa Swimming Championships in Tunis concluded on a high note for the South African swimming team tonight. In the closely contested 15-16 200m backstroke, Pieter Coetze finished with the gold, clocking a new Championship Record time of 2:05.07 to Sudan’s Ziyad Salemm’s 2:06.98 and Tunisia’s Mohamed Ben Ajmia’s 2:09.94. Coetze only managed...Read More