Swimming

South African swimmer Lara van Niekerk missed out on earning a medal at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan by just five hundredths of a second on Sunday as the swimming action came to an end. The 20-year-old suffered another bad start in her 50m breaststroke final, the slowest of the field, and was …

Tatjana Schoenmaker added 200m breaststroke gold to her 100m silver to become the first South African woman in history to win a world title at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan on Friday. The 26-year-old Olympic champion had been fastest through the semifinals of the event and made sure she finished out in front …

Lara van Niekerk’s chances of claiming another world champs medal nearly went up in smoke when a bungled start to her 50m breaststroke heat meant she missed out on the semifinal places at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan on Saturday. Her time of 30.76 to finish fifth in the heat saw her missing …

Tatjana Schoenmaker cruised into her second World Aquatics Championships final in Fukuoka, Japan, comfortably winning her 200m breaststroke semifinal in 2:21.31 to progress to Friday’s final as the quickest of the pack. The 26-year-old Olympic champion and former world record-holder in the event dominated from the start, reaching each of the turns in first place …

On Tuesday 25 July 2023, South African swimmer Tatjana Schoenmaker added another accolade to her prolific haul, claiming the silver medal in the 100m breaststroke at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan on Tuesday. The 26-year-old star reached the 50m mark in fourth place but stormed back into podium contention in the second half …

Tatjana Schoenmaker safely negotiated her way through to the 100m breaststroke final on the second day of swimming at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, while her young teammate Lara van Niekerk missed out in the heats. Taking on an impressively strong field, Schoenmaker finished second in her semifinal in 1:05.53 to qualify third …

Rebecca Meder provided the highlight for the South African team on the opening day of the swimming competition at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan on Sunday. The 20-year-old stormed to a new South African record in the 200m individual medley heats, taking almost half a second off the previous mark she set at …

South Africa’s breaststroke stars are once again expected to make a splash when the swimming competition at the World Aquatics Championships gets under way on 23 July. Tatjana Schoenmaker and Lara van Niekerk lead the team of SA swimmers competing in Fukuoka, Japan. Schoenmaker is returning to the country where she claimed Olympic gold and …

Thursday, 13 July 2023 – South Africa have selected a strong team of divers, artistic swimmers, water polo players and open water and pool swimmers to take part in World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan from 14-30 July. Training through the country’s winter months hasn’t been easy for many of them, particularly the divers. As …