Team South Africa has had an excellent start to their CAA U18 & U20 Championships campaign in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State, Nigeria, on Wednesday, 16 July 2025.
The team from Mzansi has seen their female athletes excel on the first day of the event, which runs from 16 to 20 July 2025.
Mia Davel and Martha Nkosi were top performers as the pair won the High Jump, a discipline that South Africa has come to dominate in recent years at the competition.
Davel secured first place in the U20 final, securing an all-important gold medal, as Nkosi was second, bringing home silver.
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South Africa is looking to complete the ‘three-peat’ as they have won the past two championships, and if they are to continue with their current performances, that certainly looks like it will become a reality.
In other results, Oluchi Ndubueze was second in her U18 100m heat, as Hannah Hope Vermaak managed a third-place finish in the U20 100m heat.
Colene Scheepers placed fourth in her 400m U20 heat as Minke Dekker secured a fifth-place finish in the 1500m final, which was a tightly contested race.
Main Photo Caption: Mia Davel (left, gold) and Martha Nkosi (right, silver) came out tops in the U20 High Jump, grabbing the first medals for the women’s contingent of Team South Africa at the CAA U18 & U20 Championships campaign in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State, Nigeria, on Wednesday, 16 July 2025. Photo: Cecilia van Bers
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