Day 06 of the 18th FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea

The Mzansi side lost the match by 1 goal to 26.

Chloe Meecham was on target for South Africa, while the USA scored through Madeline Musselman (five), Aria Fischer (four), Melissa Seidemann (three), Paige Hauschild (three), Stephanie Haralabidis (three), Kiley Neushul (three), Kaleigh Gilchrest (two), Makenzie Fischer (two) and Margaret Steffens (one).

Julia Vincent qualified 16^th in the 3m Springboard Preliminaries with 268.30 points, and followed that performance with another 16^th place finish in the semi-finals of the event, scoring 275.85.

In the Artistic Swimming’s Free Combination  Preliminaries, Laura Strugnell, Emma Manners-Wood, Faith Adonis, Courtney Musson, Shannon Whyte, Nadine Vaarland, Sabrina Otto, Chloe Dundas-Starr, Nina Smith, Giulia Torino, Tayla-Jade Van Huyssteen and Sarah Williams finished 14^th with 66.7000 points.

In Mzansi’s final Open Water race of the Championships, the mixed 5km relay, Michelle Weber, Robyn Kinghorn, Chad Ho and Danie Marais concluded in an overall 15^th place in 56:52.9.

ENDS

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