2016 South African Championships - (Tag)

With the 2016 Olympic Games on the horizon, swimmers across the globe are gearing up to compete against the rest of their country for limited spots on their respective national teams. Though every country uses a slightly different selection process, most countries hold an Olympic Trials in April to ...

Everything you need to follow along with finals of day one of the 2016 South African Nationals. Hit refresh for the latest coverage. FINALS Men's 400 IM A pair of swimmers cleared the FINA A cut of 4:16.71 as Sebastien Rousseau raced to victory in a time of 4:14.75.  Michael Meyer finished second ov...

Live coverage of day five finals of the 2016 South African Nationals. Hit refresh for the latest coverage. FINALS Men's 200 breast Cameron van der Burgh put up a top time of 2:10.13 to win the 200 breast this morning.  That swim put him 11th in the world rankings.  That's a FINA A cut for the sprint...

Day three of the South African National Championships continued in Durban with Chad Le Clos and Sebastien Rousseau dueling for the top position in the men's 200 fly. Karin Prinsloo scorched the prelims field of the women's 200-meter free, finishing more than five seconds ahead of the second-place fi...

Chad le Clos moved to third in the world in the men's 200-meter fly at the 2016 South African Nationals. Le Clos won the event in a time of 1:55.04, moving ahead of Li Zhuhao (1:55.54) for third in the world.  Only Daiya Seto (1:54.14) and Masato Sakai (1:54.21) have been faster this year. The swim ...

Live coverage of day seven finals of the 2016 South African Nationals. Hit refresh for the latest coverage. Women's 200 back Nathania Van Niekerk claimed the title in a time of 2:11.33.  That swim missed the FINA A cut of 2:10.60 for automatic entry into the Olympics. Mariella Venter finished second...

Live coverage of day four finals of the 2016 South African Championships. Hit refresh for the latest coverage. FINALS Women's 200 free Karin Prinsloo missed the FINA A cut (1:58.96) by less than a second with a winning time of 1:59.86. Kristin Bellingan took second in 2:04.13 with Caitlin Kat placin...

Day two of the 2016 South African Nationals is underway, and Cameron van der Burgh is still on fire. Hit refresh for the latest coverage. FINALS Men's 100 breast multi-class S14, S15 === Finals === 1 Groenewald, Craig SB1 37-79 CGA-JH 1:16.71 1:12.33 34.16 1:12.33 (38.17) 2 Wright, Challis SB14 24-9...

Live coverage of day six finals of the 2016 South African Nationals. Hit refresh for the latest coverage. FINALS Women's 200 breast Tatjana Schoenmaker missed the FINA A cut by the slimmest of margins with a 2:26.95 to win.  The FINA A cut time?  2:26.94.  She still crushed the FINA B cut provisiona...

Brad Tandy confirmed his spot on the Rio Olympic squad with a 22.13 for the top time in the men's 50-meter free today. Doug Erasmus, meanwhile, missed the FINA A cut of 22.27 with a second-place time of 22.55. Olympic gold medalist Roland Schoeman, who scratched out of the 100 free and a potential s...

Chad le Clos rocketed to victory in the men's 100-meter fly at the 2016 South African Nationals. Le Clos clocked a time of 51.82, moving him from eighth in the world to sixth overall. That time easily cleared the FINA A cut time of 52.36 to secure le Clos a 100 fly swim at the 2016 Rio Olympics as h...

Cameron van der Burgh put up the second-fastest time of the year in the men's 50-meter breast at the 2016 South African Nationals. Van der Burgh, who already owns the top time with a 27.08 from the Swedish Open in Stockholm, raced his way to a win in 27.17.  That's faster than the 27.21 posted by Ad...

Everything you need to follow along with finals of day three of the 2016 South African Nationals. Hit refresh for all the latest coverage. Events:  Men's 800 Free (Finals) Women's 1500 Free (Finals) Women's 200 Free (Semis) Men's 200 Free (Finals) Men's 100 Back S15 & S15 Multi-Class Men's 100 Back ...

The 2016 South African National Championships kicked off today with Cameron van der Burgh putting up the top time in the men's 100-meter breast. Van der Burgh, who ranks second in the world with a 59.61 from the Swedish Open (behind Adam Peaty's 59.55 from Edinburgh), put up a 59.98 to led the way d...

Cameron van der Burgh dominated day one headlines for the 2016 South African Nationals, but plenty of other action took place.  Take a look at some of the top images of the day. 2016 South African Nationals: Day 1 Photo Gallery [gallery type="slideshow" ids="194899,194897,194898,194896,194895,194894...