The South African Aquatics team will begin their preparations for the Olympic Games next year when they compete at the 18th FINA World Championships. Mzansi\u2019s best are set to hit the water from 12th to 28th July 2019 in the host city of Gwangju, South Korea.<\/p>\n
Gauteng\u2019s Micaela Bouter<\/strong> and Julia Vincent<\/strong> will be the first to compete in the Diving section of the competition at the Nambu International Aquatics Centre, while the Artistic Swimming Team will showcase their talent at the Yeomju Gymnasium. Both events will take place from 12th to 20th July.<\/p>\n The ladies\u2019 Water Polo team will play their first match on 14th July when they take on the Netherlands followed by New Zealand and the USA, while the men\u2019s side kick starts their campaign on 15th July against Spain and continue with games against New Zealand and Hungary.<\/p>\n Michelle Weber will be looking to add the World Championships Open Water title to her name when she races in the 5 and 10km swims from 13th to 19th July, alongside Robyn Kinghorn in the 5km.<\/p>\n Chad Ho<\/strong> will also participate in the 10km swim, while Danie Marais<\/strong> will be up against Ho in the 10km race, Michael<\/strong> and Christopher McGlynn<\/strong> will compete in the 5km event.<\/p>\n A team of 18 swimmers will take part in this very important competition in the build-up to the Olympic Games in Tokyo next year. The swimming programme begins on 21st of July and will close the event on 28th July.<\/p>\n The team includes the likes of Olympian Chad le Clos<\/strong>, breaststroke golden girl Tatjana Schoenmaker<\/strong>, Youth Commonwealth gold medalist Michael Houlie<\/strong> as well as Erin Gallagher<\/strong> and Ayrton Sweeney<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Youngsters Rebecca Meder<\/strong>, Zane Waddell<\/strong> and Dune Coetzee<\/strong> will also be looking to make a splash on the international stage as they represent South Africa at the 18th FINA World Championships.<\/p>\n In wishing the national team the best of luck for the FINA World Championships in Gwangju, Swimming SA CEO Shaun Adriaanse<\/strong> said: \u201cThe SA aquatics athletes are all champions in the eyes of Swimming SA and we trust that they will show the type of character, commitment and discipline, combined with their athletic skills of speed and strength, to become role models to our sports-loving fans across all communities in our country.\u201d<\/p>\n Full team lists:<\/strong><\/p>\n Men<\/strong><\/p>\n Women<\/strong><\/p>\n 10 km men<\/strong><\/p>\n 10km women<\/strong><\/p>\n 5km men<\/strong><\/p>\n 5km women<\/strong><\/p>\n The above press release was posted by Swimming World in conjunction with Swimming South Africa.<\/i>\u00a0For press releases and advertising inquiries please contact<\/i>\u00a0Advertising@SwimmingWorld.com<\/i><\/b>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The South African Aquatics team will begin their preparations for the Olympic Games next year when they compete at the 18th FINA World Championships. Mzansi\u2019s best are set to hit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":250582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[73139,94000,51914,39217,25134,35151,61025,59990,67532,27699,52981,49375,61016,75963,61018,28010,40255,34958,49933,54361],"class_list":["post-378458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-2019-fina-world-aquatics-championships","tag-alaric-basson","tag-ayrton-sweeney","tag-bradley-tandy","tag-chad-le-clos","tag-christopher-reid","tag-dune-coetzee","tag-eben-vorster","tag-emma-chelius","tag-erin-gallagher","tag-kaylene-corbett","tag-mariella-venter","tag-michael-houlie","tag-nathania-van-niekerk","tag-rebecca-meder","tag-ryan-coetzee","tag-swimming-south-africa","tag-tatjana-schoenmaker","tag-tayla-lovemore","tag-zane-waddell"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\nSwimming:<\/h3>\n
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