Kirsty Coventry in Spotlight in Final Night of Swimming at All Africa Games

ALGIERS, Algeria, July 18. OLYMPIAN Kirsty Coventry, representing Zimbabwe, added two more gold medals on the final night of competition at the All Africa Games held in Algiers, Algeria. The double gave her a total gold-medal haul of seven throughout the meet.

Coventry clocked a quick time in the 200 IM for her seventh gold when she touched in 2:13.02. The effort would have placed her in fourth this year if she hadn't already been second with a 2:10.76 recorded during the World Championships in March.

Additionally, Coventry captured the women's 50 free splash-and-dash title in 26.19.

Meanwhile, South Africa continued to dominate the bulk of the meet with four more gold medals. The team of Amanda Loots, Melissa Corfe, Leizl-Mari Burger and Suzaan van Biljon won the 400 medley relay in 4:10.90, while Corfe clocked a Games-record 4:15.53 in the 400 free.

Other wins for South Africa came from Gerhard Zanberg in the 100 back (56.53) and Troyden Prinsloo with a Games-record time of 15:24.93 in the 1500 free.

Finally, Algeria's Salim Iles again gave the home crowd something to cheer for with a Games-record time of 22.34 to win the men's 50 free, while Kenya's Jason Dunford stopped the clock in a Games-record time of 2:02.82 in the 200 butterfly.

Subscribe
Notify of
guest

Welcome to our community. We invite you to join our discussion. Our community guidelines are simple: be respectful and constructive, keep on topic, and support your fellow commenters. Commenting signifies that you agree to our Terms of Use

0 Comments
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
0
Would love your thoughts, please comment.x
()
x