Jessica Thompson Sets New SA Record, Matches African Record
Jessica Thompson set a new 50m butterfly national record and equalled the 50m backstroke African mark on Day 2 action at the Bombela Concession Company SA National Short Course Championships in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, on Friday
Caster Semenya Excited Ahead of Debut Olympic Games Broadcasting Stint
SuperSport has announced former SA 800m track star Caster Semenya in her first stint in broadcasting, alongside the familiar Penny Heyns and a formidable lineup of iconic South Africa athletes as analysts for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games
Top Swimmers Aim for Fast Times
Fifteen-year-old freestyle swim star Dominique Dryding will be among the who’s who of local swimmers at the Samsung Swimming Grand Prix, at the University of the Western Cape on Saturday and Sunday. The Cape Town-based teenage pair of Chanelle van Wyk and Dominique Dryding will be among a wave of top black swimmers out to […]
BESTMed Backs Athletes for Olympics
Chanelle van Wyk, pictured with her silver medals at the Telkom SA Short Course Championships in 2007, is joined by track athlete Geraldine Pillay as one of two women athletes with Olympic ambitions sponsored by BESTMed. BESTMed, one of the largest healthcare providers in South Africa, has announced its sponsorship of two women athletes vying […]
Swimming SA Announce FINA Team
Melissa Corfe, pictured during the FINA/ARENA World Cup in Durban during October 2007, has been named by Swimming SA as one of eight women to represent South Africa at the FINA World Short Course Championships in England during April. Picture: © Anesh Debiky Swimming SA has announced a full-strength line up that will challenge for […]
Lize-Marie Leads the Way for SA
Keri-Leigh Shaw receiving her gold medal in the 200m Butterfly at the 2007 FINA / Arena Swimming World Cup, in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, on 23-25 November 2007. Receiving the silver medal is Brazilian Daiene Marcal Dias, with the bronze going to Brazil’s Livia Carvalho Dos Santos. Picture © Robert Serbinenko / IVPIX South Africa’s women […]
Swim SA Announce Egypt Squad
Chanelle van Wyk, photographed recently at the Telkom SA Short Course Championships in Pietermaritzburg, has been included in the SA national swimming squad hoping to represent South Africa at the African Junior Championships in Cairo, Egypt. Swimming SA today announced its Junior National Squads in Johannesburg on Tuesday, as the race for places in the […]
Medal Count Rises for Team SA
Official information about South Africa’s progress during the first three days at the All Africa Games in Algeria is limited, but Team SA’s management team has provided insights of positive news from the continent’s most prestigious sporting event.
Swim SA Name Melbourne Team
Swimming South Africa has announced five women as part of the 14-member team to represent South Africa at the 12th FINA World Championships, to be held in Melbourne during March 2007.
FINA Trials Day 3
The third day of the Telkom Trials for the 12th FINA World Championships here in the Kings Park pool, was relatively quiet compared to the first two days when three swimmers qualified for the 2007 Melbourne champs.