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Clad le Clos Opts for 100 Free, Finishes Second at SA National Championships Chad le Clos scratched the final of the men’s 200 butterfly Tuesday and fell short of qualifying for the Paris Olympics in the 100 free at the SA National Championships in Ggeberha. Pieter Coetzee won the 100 free to start ...

Matt Sates Starts South African Championships with 200 Free Win Matt Sates has a busy week ahead of him at the SA Senior National Swimming Championships at Newton Park Swimming Pool. He started it with a win. The 21-year-old went 1:47.49 to claim the 200 freestyle on the first day of the meet Wednes...

Rebecca Meder, Kaylene Corbett Nab Worlds Spots in 200 Breast The 200 breaststroke has long been a strong suit for the South African women’s program. Even without the retired Tatjana Smith, it seems to remain so. Rebecca Meder continued a strong meet at the South African Senior Championships by winn...

Rebecca Meder, Michaela de Villiers Set Records at South African Championships Rebecca Meder and Michaela de Villiers set national records in the second day of the South African National Senior Championships on Thursday. Meder started the evening session with a win in the 200 individual medley, her ...

South African Olympic Finalist Brad Tandy Announces Retirement Brad Tandy, a two-time Olympian from South Africa, declared his retirement this weekend at the South African Swimming Championships. Tandy, 30, swam the 50 free at the meet in Gqeberha, just over a week after taking part in the TYR Pro S...

Mare Nostrum Canet: Kylie Masse, Pieter Coetze Win Two Each; Sarah Sjostrom Impressive in 50 Freestyle After previous stops in Monaco and Barcelona, the Mare Nostrum tour is concluding this weekend in Canet, France, and the first of two finals sessions saw backstrokers Kylie Masse and Pieter Coetze ...

SA National Championships: Pieter Coetzee Dominates with 52.89 100 Back Pieter Coetzee confirmed his Olympic spot by going 52.89 to win the 100 backstroke at the SA National Championships Thursday. Coetzee was well ahead of the field in both prelims and finals. The 19-year-old went 53.05 in the morn...

FINA World Junior Championships: Ksawery Masiuk, Pieter Coetze Set for Another Showdown Just eight-hundredths of a second separated Poland’s Ksawery Masiuk and Pieter Coetze of South Africa in the 100 backstroke at the FINA World Junior Championships this week. The 50 backstroke is shaping up to be ...

SA National Championships: Erin Gallagher Wraps Up Meet with 50 Free Title Erin Gallagher capped an excellent meet at the SA National Championships on Saturday by edging Caitlin De Lange by .01 in the 50 free. Gallagher went 24.95. She overcame De Lange, who had set the pace in prelims at 24.98 and ...

Tatjana Schoenmaker Drops Two 2:19s to Win 200 Breast at SA National Championships Reigning Olympic champion Tatjana Schoenmaker dropped a pair of 2:19s in the 200 breaststroke Wednesday to book passage to the Paris Olympics. Swimming under her married name, Tatjana Smith, at the South African Natio...

Commonwealth Games: Semifinals Recap - Lara Van Niekerk Sets Second Games Record in 50 Breast For the second time Friday, the opening day of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Lara Van Niekerk set the Games record in the women’s 50 breaststroke. The South African went 29.82 in the morning pr...

World Cup Incheon: Noe Ponti Does Double, Tying Leon Marchand in 100 IM The first day of the World Aquatics World Cup Incheon stop had a little of everything: A world record for Kate Douglass, double bids by her, Regan Smith and Noe Ponti and a couple of scintillating races. In the latter category, ...

Michael Houlie, Chris Smith Headed to Worlds after Fast South African Championships Michael Houlie and Chris Smith are both headed to the World Aquatics Championships after putting down fast times at the South African Senior Championships Saturday. Both swimmers got their cuts in prelims, where Smit...

South Africa to Open SA Swimming Championships in Gqeberha on Monday South Africa will hold the 2024 SA Swimming Championships April 8-13 in Gqeberha, the meet serving as its Olympic Trials. It’ll be the chance for the program’s big names, like Chad le Clos and reigning Olympic champion Tatjana Scho...

Pieter Coetzee Wraps South African Champs, One of Seven with Cuts Pieter Coetze wrapped up the South African Senior Championships on Sunday with a fourth World Championships qualifying cut of the meet, one of seven swimmers to book their places in Singapore. Coetze won the 200 backstroke with ease i...