CANA World Short Course Wrap Up The World Short Course Championships, recently concluded in Melbourne Australia, included several participants representing Africa, who dished up some fantastic performances in the pool, with results ranging from personal bests, national and continental records. South Africa, who eventually ended 5th on the medals table with 5 medals [3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze], was the only African nation to bag some medals at Championships. Herewith a summary of events and results: Day 1: Relative to African partic... Read More

Golden Butterfly Double For Le Clos As Van Niekerk secures silver 18 December 2022 – Chad le Clos and Lara van Niekerk ensured Team South Africa finished the World Short Course Championships in Melbourne on a high on Sunday. Le Clos completed a golden butterfly double by adding the 100m title to the 200m he won during the week. The predicted battle between Le Clos, defending champion Matteo Rivolta of Italy and Switzerland’s Noe Ponti (the top three through the semifinals) didn’t materialise with Le Clos cruising to v... Read More

World Short Course Championships Melbourne - Day 6 Summary Day 6 In the Mens 200m Freestyle Sates (SA) finished in a time of 1:43.22, followed by James Freeman (BOT) 1:51.02. In the Womens 200m Backstroke Hannah Pearce (SA) was the leading African in a time of 2:08.84, followed by Anishta Teeluck (MRI) who finished in 2:13.71. Pieter Coetze was the fastest African in the Mens 200m Backstroke in a time of 1:51.51, whilst Abdellah Ardjoune (ALG) completed the race in a time of 1:59.78 The Womens 4x100m saw the South African sprinters ... Read More

World Short Course Championships Melbourne - Day 5 Summary Day 5 On day 5, Dakota Tucker (SA) started off proceedings for Africa and finished the Womens 400m IM in a time of 4:40.01. Matthew Sates (SA) qualified for the semi’s in the Mens 400 IM in a time 4:02.18. In the Womens 100m butterfly Rebecca Meder (SA) finished in a time of 58:04, followed by Oumy Diop (SEN) 1:01.54, Imara Thorpe (KEN)1:01.84 and Tara Naluwoza UGA) in a time of 1:05.28. In the Mens 100m Butterfly, Yossef Ramadan (EGY) and Chad le Clos (SA) qualifie... Read More

African records for Coetze and Meder at World Short Course Championships 6 December 2022 – Pieter Coetzé faced a tough mental battle when he had to swim his 50m backstroke final at the World Short Course Championships twice on Friday. The 18-year-old had to deal with the drama of a false start signal – later discovered to be an error by the starter. Like several others in the pool, Coetzé didn’t hear the signal and swam the full distance before realising the race had been halted. Of the swimmers competing, ... Read More