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Resurgent Van Niekerk completes breaststroke sweep as Coetzee, Eaton strike gold

Author: Brynwell

Published: 28 Sep 2025

28 September 2025 - Lara van Niekerk completed an impressive breaststroke clean sweep by adding the 200m gold to her collection on the final day of the Bombela Concession Company SA National (25m) Championships in Pietermaritzburg on Sunday.

Record-breaking finish for Team SA at Para swimming world champs

Author: Brynwell

Published: 28 Sep 2025

28 September 2025 - There were two more continental records broken by South African swimmers on the final day of the World Para Swimming Championships in Singapore on Saturday.

Thompson strikes twice more as Van Niekerk rediscovers form at short course champs

Author: Brynwell

Published: 27 Sep 2025

27 September 2025 - Jessica Thompson added two more gold medals to her haul as Lara van Niekerk showed glimpses of her old self on day three of the Bombela Concession Company SA National (25m) Championships in Pietermaritzburg on Saturday.

Thompson breaks 16-year-old national record as Le Clos collects two more golds

Author: Brynwell

Published: 26 Sep 2025

26 September 2025 - Jessica Thompson stole the show on the second day of action at the Bombela Concession Company SA National (25m) Championships in Pietermaritzburg on Friday, breaking a national record and equalling the African mark held by Zimbabwe’s new International Olympic Committee president Kirsty Coventry.

Another African record for Sadie as Hendricks finishes fourth at Para world champs

Author: Brynwell

Published: 26 Sep 2025

26 September 2025 - Team South Africa continued to show impressive form at the World Para Swimming Championships in Singapore on Friday.

Thompson and Le Clos strike double gold on opening day of SA short course champs

Author: Brynwell

Published: 25 Sep 2025

25 September 2025 - Jessica Thompson and Chad le Clos kicked off the Bombela Concession Company SA National (25m) Championships in Pietermaritzburg with two titles each on Thursday, both collecting golds in the 100m freestyle and 50m butterfly.

SA’s Sadie adds butterfly bronze to growing medal tally at Para world champs

Author: Brynwell

Published: 25 Sep 2025

25 September 2025 - Christian Sadie’s impressive run at the World Para Swimming Championships in Singapore continued on Thursday when he added another bronze medal to his haul.

Le Clos makes national return as Thompson, Mihaylov headline SA Short Course showdown

Author: Brynwell

Published: 24 Sep 2025

24 September 2025 - Veteran Chad le Clos will make a return to national competition at this week’s Bombela Concession Company SA National (25m) Championships at the GC Jolliffe Swimming Pool in Pietermaritzburg.