DAKAR, Senegal, September 13. SOUTH Africa took the medal lead during the second day of competition at the African Swimming Championships held in Dakar, Senegal from Sept. 11-17. The South Africans own 11 medals (7G, 1S, 3B), while Tunisia dropped to second with nine medals (3G, 5S, 1B). Algeria stood in third with six medals (2G, 3S, 1B).<\/p>\n
Women\u2019s 50 Butterfly<\/b>
\nElzanne Werth spearheaded a South African top-two sweep in the women\u2019s 50 fly with a time of 28.57 to touch out compatriot Leone Vorster. Vorster wound up with silver in 28.65. Meanwhile, Zimbabwe\u2019s Samantha Richter rounded out the podium with a 29.13.<\/p>\n
Men\u2019s 200 Freestyle<\/b>
\nAlgeria\u2019s Nabil Kebbab rolled through the field with a 1:52.05 to claim the men\u2019s 200 free title at the meet. He placed ahead of Kenyan Jason Dunford, who won the 100 fly on the first day of competition before touching in 1:53.69 for silver in the 200 free. South African John Ellis placed third for bronze with a 1:54.65.<\/p>\n
Kebbab trailed Dunford at the halfway mark, 55.07 to 54.93, but came home in 56.98 to secure the title.<\/p>\n
Women\u2019s 200 Freestyle<\/b>
\nVorster continued her dominance in the freestyle with her second freestyle gold of the meet. After winning the 100 free on the first day with the only sub 58-second time (57.67), Vorster demolished the field with a 2:01.92 in the 200 free. Tunisian Maroua Mathlouthi placed second with a 2:06.81, while Seychelles\u2019 Shrone Austin took bronze with a 2:07.60.<\/p>\n
At the halfway mark, Vorster already owned a nearly three-second lead over her nearest competitor with a 59.92 split, before posting a 1:02-flat back half for the win.<\/p>\n
Men\u2019s 400 IM<\/b>
\nSouth African Stuart Rogers pocketed his first medal of the meet with a convincing win in the 400 IM. He recorded a 4:31.48 to place ahead of Tunisia\u2019s Taki M\u2019Rabet\u2019s second-place time of 4:33.54. Meanwhile, Egyptian Mohamed Gad Allah snared third with a 4:34.81.<\/p>\n
Rogers had to come from behind in the last 200 meters after trailing M\u2019Rabet at the halfway point, 2:10.14 to 2:08.49. Rogers, however, had a much stronger third leg as he built a second-and-a-half lead at the 300-meter mark with a 3:26.99.<\/p>\n
Women\u2019s 200 Breaststroke<\/b>
\nSouth African Tamaryn Laubscher garnered her first individual gold and second gold overall, with a crushing win in the 200 breaststroke. In a wire-to-wire conquest, Laubscher registered a 2:32.64 to defeat Morocco\u2019s Sara El Bekri, who touched in 2:37.97. Algerian Lydia Yefsah concluded the top three with a bronze-winning 2:38.93.<\/p>\n
Laubscher built a two-second lead at the halfway point with a 1:12.61 before bringing home the hardware with a 1:20.03 final 100 meters.<\/p>\n
Women\u2019s 800 Freestyle<\/b>
\nTunisian Maroua Mathlouthi snagged her fourth medal and second gold of the meet with a win in the 800 freestyle. She stopped the clock in 8:57.69 for the only sub-nine-minute performance of the event. Seychelles\u2019 Austin earned her third medal of the meet with a silver-winning 9:04.09, while South African Natalia Du Toit picked up bronze with a 9:12.21.<\/p>\n
Mathlouthi led the race from start to finish as she slowly built a second lead per 100 meters to finish with nearly a seven second win.<\/p>\n
Men\u2019s 800 Freestyle Relay<\/b>
\nAlgeria\u2019s quartet of Mehdi Hamama, Ryad Djendouci, Naoufel Benabid and Kebbab cruised to victory in the men\u2019s 800 freestyle relay with a time of 7:45.32. Meanwhile, the Tunisian team of Mohamed Mettigi, Anouar Bennaceur, M\u2019Rabet and Ahmed Mathlouthi garnered silver with a 7:50.47, while the Egyptian contingent of Mohamed Magdy, Aziz Mazen, Gad Allah and Abdel Rahman A. Bakr placed third in 7:53.19.<\/p>\n
Hamama opened with a 1:57.27 leadoff leg for the Algerians, before giving way to Djendouci\u2019s 1:55.91 second leg. Benabid then put together a 1:59.17 third split, before Kebbab brought the gold home in 1:52.97.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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