Rebecca Meder continued her impressive run, adding another gold to her medal collection in record time in the 200m individual medley on day five of the CANA African Swimming Championships in Accra, Ghana.
This time her victory was in the 200m individual medley, which she also won in a championship record time of 2:15.45. It was another South African one-two with Emily Visagie taking the silver in 2:24.45.
Despite breaking the record, Meder wasn’t entirely satisfied with her swim.
“I’m always excited to swim the 200IM – it’s my favourite race. Like every other race, I gave it my all. I put everything into it,” she said.
“The first 100 was really good – it was just my breaststroke that let me down a little bit but I’m happy. 2:15 is a solid time. I was hoping for a little quicker but after the week of racing that I’ve had so far, I can be really happy with that swim.
“I just love racing no matter how I’m feeling – whether I’m really hurting or feeling amazing.”
Also claiming another gold was Inge Weidemann who topped the podium in the 50m freestyle in 25.95 with Caitlin de Lange taking silver in 26.15.
In the 4x100m mixed medley relay, Meder, Weidemann, Bailey Musgrave and Martin Binedell powered to victory in a new championship record of 3:56.74 to better the previous mark set in 2016.
Photo 1 Caption: South African swimmers, Rebecca Meder (centre) and Emily Visagie (left) claimed gold and silver, respectively, on day five of the CANA African Swimming Championships in Accra, Ghana. Photo: Supplied
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