The fourth day of swimming action at the 13th CANA Swimming and Open Water Championships sees 7 additional medals for South Africa
Ayrton Sweeney finished the 200m breaststroke with a new Championship Record time of 2:14.04, winning his second gold of the competition, ahead of Tunisia’s Elloumi Wassim in 2:15.76 and SA’s Alaric Basson, who scooped the bronze in 2:16.16.
Sweeney and Basson also raced in the 4x100m freestyle relay, where the team, including Jacques van Wyk and Matthew Bowers, walked away with the silver medal in 3:26.80.
Lara van Niekerk continued to impress when she swam to another gold medal, this time in the 100m breaststroke, clocking 1:11.13, while teammate Jade Simons claimed the bronze in 1:12.19. The silver was won by Egypt’s Rowida Hesham in 1:12.01.
In the 100m butterfly, Erin Gallagher finished second in a hard fought race with Egypt’s Farida Osman. Gallagher touched the wall in 1:00.45 to Osman’s 59.03, while the bronze medal went the Algeria’s Medjahed Nesrine in 1:04.74.
It was bronze for Janie Coetzer in the long-distance 800m freestyle, concluding the race in 9:12.79 behind Egypt’s Hania Moro in 8:56.95 and Algeria’s 9:01.68.
Medal rankings (after day 4):
|
Country |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
|
Egypt |
17 |
11 |
2 |
30 |
|
South Africa |
9 |
12 |
8 |
29 |
|
Algeria |
2 |
2 |
9 |
13 |
|
Tunisia |
1 |
3 |
5 |
9 |
|
Morocco |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Zambia |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
Mauritius |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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