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Warnes claims 5 gold medals in Maritzburg

  Rene Warnes took her medal tally to five golds after she raced to three victories on Sunday to end on a high note at the SA Short Course Swimming Championships, held at the GC Jolliffe Pool in...

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Paralympic swimmer’s hard work pays off

Despite his hectic university schedule, Paralympic swimmer Charl Bouwer walked away from the IPC Swimming World Championships as the hero of Team South Africa. The 23-year-old racked up an impressive...

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Brown continues his winning ways

Myles Brown took to the water for the first time after his World Cup success last week with a sound victory to open the South African Short Course Swimming Championships which got under way in...

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Van Biljon bags two gold medals

Olympian Suzaan van Biljon bagged two gold medals on the second day of the SA Short Course Swimming Championships at the GC Jolliffe Pool in Pietermaritzburg on Friday night. Van Biljon (25) started...

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Meyer strikes gold in Maritzburg

It was the turn of Nico Meyer to impress with two gold medal performances on the penultimate day of the SA Short Course Swimming Championships at the GC Jolliffe Pool in Pietermaritzburg on Saturday....

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Shields edges Le Clos, Schoeman claims another gold

USA‘s Tom Shields completed a sweep of the short course meter butterfly American records by downing a legendary mark by Ian Crocker in the 100 fly this evening in Berlin. Shields crushed a loaded...

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Roland wins third gold in Berlin

Ace sprinter Roland Schoeman raced to his third gold medal from three starts on the second day of the Swimming World Cup in Berlin this afternoon. The veteran Olympian stunned the favourite, Vladimir...

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Govt: Support Mandela Day

Cabinet has called on all South Africans to support the Nelson Mandela sports day at the weekend. “The Springboks will play Argentina, Bafana Bafana will take on Burkina Faso, and a South African...

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Le Clos claims narrow victory in Berlin

South Africa’s Olympic and world champion Chad le Clos claimed his second World Cup win of the week on Saturday with victory in the men’s 200m butterfly final in Berlin. The 21-year-old, who shot to...

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Schoeman defies age to take two golds

Four-time Olympian Roland Schoeman has raced to a double gold on the first day of the second leg of the Fina World Cup Swimming in Berlin. “I’m incredibly blessed to be able to do something I love,”...

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