CANA African Swimming and Open Water Championship: Egypt Tops South Africa in Medals

Photo Courtesy: Phil White and Arik Thormahlen

The South African swimming team concluded the 13^th CANA Africa Swimming and Open Water Championships today with an total of 40 medals (12 gold, 18 silver and 10 bronze) and claimed the second spot on the medal table behind Egypt’s 48.

On the final day of the event, Sasha-Lee Nordengen came close to a medal in the ladies’ 5km Open Water race, in a hard fought swim with Algeria’s Cherouati Souad Nafissa but it was the experienced Algerian that came out on top in 1:02:49.02, while Nordenden finished fourth in 1:04:44.43.

Amica Dejager ended 7^th in 1:05:03.59, Samantha Randle came in 9^th in 1:05:28.86, Kaitlyn Albertyn was 11^th in 1:06:41.92 and Tasneem Ebrahim finished 14^th in 1:10:32.17.

In the men’s 5km Open Water race, the battle was between Egypt’s Marwan Elmarawy and Darren Minnies. In the end, it was Elmarawy’s speed that won him the gold in 57:55.21, while the South African finished sixth in 1:01:19.28.

Hein Vantonder concluded the race in 10^th place, clocking 1:03:02.04, while Aiden Peterson and Abdul Malik came in 12^th and 13^th in 1:04:51.75 and 1:04:59.58, respectively.

Final Medal rankings:

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Egypt	28	14	6	48
South Africa	12	18	10	40
Algeria	3	6	13	22
Tunisia	1	3	8	12
Morocco	0	2	4	6
Zambia	0	1	1	2
Mauritius	0	1	1	2

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