The 19th FINA World Championships are under way in Budapest, Hungary. Here is a list of all the Team SA swimmers and their results for the event that runs until 3 July.
DIVING
Women
Grace Brammer
(3m synchronised, 3 July)
Bailey Heydra
(1m springboard, 29 June)
(3m springboard, 1 July)
Zalika Methula
(1m springboard, 29 June)
Kerry-Leigh Morrrison
(3m synchronised, 3 July)
SWIMMING
Men
Ruan Breytenbach
Mixed 4x1500m:Team SA were disqualified
5km: Finished 29th in 57min 54sec, some 5min 6sec behind the winner
(10km, 29 June)
Connor Buck
Mixed 4x1500m: Team SA were disqualified
5km: Finished 29th in 56min 39sec, some 3min 50sec behind the winner
(10km, 29 June)
Brendan Crawford
50m breaststroke: Placed 26th overall in the heats in 28.21 and didn’t qualify for the semi-finals
100m breaststroke: Placed 23rd overall in the heats in 1:01.25 and didn’t qualify for the semi-finals
Clayton Jimmie
50m freestyle: Finished 7th in his heat in 22.74 and placed 43rd overall (out of 90 swimmers) and didn’t qualify for the semi-finals
100m freestyle: Finished 7th in his heat in 50.68 and placed 55th overall, and didn’t qualify for the semi-finals
Chad Le Clos
50m butterfly: Placed 33rd overall from the heats in 23.86 and didn’t qualify for the semi-finals
100m butterfly: Withdrawn
200m butterfly: Withdrawn
Matthew Sates
200m freestyle: Placed 14th overall in 1:47.28 and qualified for the semi-final. There he swam 1:46.63 to finish joint 5th but missed out on a place in the final, with 17-year-old Romanian David Popovici swimming a world junior record of 1:44.40 to qualify fastest.
400m freestyle: Did not start
200m Individual Medley: Finished 2nd in his heat in 1:58.61 and qualified 7th fastest for the semi-finals. There he went quicker, his 1:57,84 qualifying him 8th fastest for the final. There he finished 8th in 1:58.27.
400m Individual Medley: Placed 11th overall in 4:14.81 and did not qualify for the final
100m butterfly: Finished 10th in his heat in 54.17 which placed him 41st (out of 65 swimmers) overall and did not qualify for the final
Women
Emma Chelius
50m freestyle: Finished 3rd in her heat in 24.87 and qualified for the semi-finals 7th fastest overall out of 82 starters;. She swam the exact time in the semi-finals for 9th overall, narrowly missing out on a place in the final
100m freestyle: Finished 8th in the final heat in 55.39, which was 22nd fastest overall and missing out on a place in the semi-finals
Amica de Jager
Mixed 4x1500m:Team SA were disqualified
5km: Finished 29th in 1:01:23, some 3min 10sec behind the winner
(10km, 29 June)
Stephanie Houtman
1500m freestyle: Placed 21st overall in 17:08.12 and did not qualify for the final
Olivia Nel
50m backstroke:Finished 7th in her heat in 29.06 and placed 23rd overall, missing out on a place in the semi-finals
100m backstroke: Placed 25th overall in 1:02.95 and did not qualify for the semi-final
Lara van Niekerk
50m breaststroke: She won her 50m breaststroke heat in an African record 29.77, which qualified her the fastest from the heats heading into the semi-finals. She won her semi-final as well, in 29.99, to qualify third fastest for the final. In the final she took the bronze medal in 29.90. Her performance means South Africa have claimed a medal at every long course World Championships since Roland Schoeman’s bronze in the 50m freestyle at the 2001 event.
100m breaststroke: Placed 10th overall in 1:06.75 and qualified for the semi-final. There she led in the first semi-final at the turn, but tired in the last 20m to finish 7th, also in 1:06.75, but that left her in 13th place after the semis and missing out on a place in the final. “It was actually an amazing experience … I enjoyed that moment so much, walking out there and experiencing all that. I definitely felt a bit nervous but it was good nerves. I saw at the turn that I was in front so I just tried to keep that gap, but I did die a bit at the end. I’m excited about the 50. With all the speed and all the starts that we’ve been practising I think the 50 is going to be the better one – and we focused more on the 50 for world champs.”
Catherine van Rensburg
Mixed 4x1500m:Team SA were disqualified
5km: She finished 18th in 1:00:55, some 3min 2sec behind the winner
(10km, 29 June)
ARTISTIC SWIMMING
Sky MacDonald: Placed 32nd in the women’s duet free preliminaries with Xera Maharaj
Laura Strugnell
Xera Maharaj: Placed 27th in the women’s solo free preliminaries. Placed 32nd in the women’s duet free preliminaries with Skye Macdonald
Ayrton Sweeney
WATERPOLO
Group C: Team SA’s men went down 22-4 to Italy. They also lost 28-2 to Spain
Group B: Team SA’s women went down 7-6 to Argentina. They also lost 22-4 to the United States and 22-1 to the Netherlands.