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Lara van Niekerk wins big at the GSport Awards 2022
CONGRATULATIONS!!! 'Lara van Niekerk'
Golden finish for Coetzé at World Junior Swimming Championships
Monday, 5 September 2022 - Pieter Coetzé proved to be the star of the South African team at the World Junior Swimming Championships which came to an end in Lima, Peru on Sunday.
8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2022
VENUE: Lima (Peru) DATE: 30 August - 04 September 2022
XV CANA Senior African Championships 2022
VENUE: Tunis (Tunisia) DATE: 20 - 25 August 2022
Breaststroke battle ensures qualifying times at SA short course champs
Sunday, 14 August 2022 - Lara van Niekerk and Rebecca Meder ensured the SA Short Course Championships in Pietermaritzburg ended on a high note with both swimmers dipping under the A qualifying time for the World Short Course Championships at the end of the year in the 200m breaststroke.
Another African record for speedy teen Van Niekerk
Saturday, 13 August 2022 - Pretoria teenager Lara van Niekerk continued her sensational form at the SA Short Course Championships on Saturday, storming to yet another SA and African record in the Pietermaritzburg pool.
Sates adds two more national titles to his hefty haul
Friday, 12 August 2022 - Relishing being back on home turf, Pietermaritzburg teenager Matt Sates added two more national titles to the three he won a day earlier at the SA Short Course Swimming Championships on Friday.
Star swimmers back in action at SA Short Course Championships
Thursday, 11 August 2022 - Several stars of Team South Africa’s recent successful Commonwealth Games campaign were back in the pool as the SA Short Course Championships kicked off in Pietermaritzburg on Thursday.
SA National Short Course Invitational Championships 2022
WHEN: 11 - 14 August WHERE: Seals Swim Centre (Pietermaritzburg)
SA swimmers wrap up Commonwealth campaign with 11 medals
Wednesday, 3 August 2022 - Team South Africa finished their Commonwealth Games campaign in Birmingham with four golds, four silvers and three bronze medals.
Golden girl Van Niekerk makes it two from two as SA swimmers rake in more medals
2 August 2022 - South African swimmers added three more medals to the team haul on the penultimate night of competition at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Tuesday.
Double silver and bronze for Team SA on another successful night for SA in the pool
Monday, 1 August 2022 - South Africa's swimmers added three more medals to the rapidly increasing Team SA haul at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Monday.
Three more medals for Team SA in Birmingham pool
Sunday, 31 July - South African swimmers added a full complement of medals to Team South Africa’s collection at the Commonwealth in Birmingham on Sunday night.
Double gold for SA swimmers in Birmingham
Saturday, 30 July 2022 - Teen swimming sensations Lara van Niekerk and Pieter Coetzé led the medal charge on the second night of swimming at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Saturday.
Van Niekerk breaks Games record as three South Africans book spot in same final
Friday, 29 July 2022 - Four South African swimmers booked their places in their respective Commonwealth Games finals on the first evening of swimming at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre in Birmingham, three of them in the same race.
SA swimmers ready to lead the medal charge in Birmingham
Monday, 25 July 2022 - A team of 20 swimmers will lead the medal charge as they head to Birmingham for the Commonwealth Games which begin on Thursday, 28 July.
Two victories for water polo women as Team SA wrap up world champs
5 July 2022 - Team South Africa wrapped up their FINA World Championships campaign with the women’s water polo team finishing in 13th place and the men in 12th position.
Van Niekerk claims SA’s first world champs medal
Saturday, 25 June 2022 - Lara van Niekerk ensured South Africa’s proud record in the World Championships pool continued by bagging a bronze medal in the 50m breaststroke on Saturday night.
SA teen Van Niekerk cruises into world champs final
Saturday, 25 June 2022 - Lara van Niekerk stormed to victory in her 50m breaststroke semi-final in Budapest on Friday night to book a spot in her first ever World Championships final.
Van Niekerk edges close to African record en route to world champs semi-final
Friday, 24 June 2022 - SA’s Lara van Niekerk came within five hundredths of a second of her own African record on her way to victory in her 50m breaststroke heats at the Swimming World Championships in Budapest on Friday.