South Africa were represented across five sports on day two of the World University Games in Germany on Friday. Paris Olympian Pieter Coetze was in fine form, breaking the World University Games record in the 100m backstroke as fastest qualifier into the final, while Lara van Niekerk and Simone Moll both reached the final of the 50m breaststroke.
BASKETBALL 3×3
Women’s Group D: South Africa lost to USA 21-10
Women’s Group D: South Africa lost to Poland 21-10
DIVING
Women’s Synchronised 3m Springboard, final: Grace Brammer and Kerry-Leigh Morrison finished 9th, with China taking gold the USA silver and Germany bronze
FENCING
Men’s Epee Pool, Individual, Group 10: Christiaan Bester won three of his six matches. He beat Maksym Perchuk (Ukraine) 5-3, beat Konrad Venenbos (Neth) 5-3 andbeat Diego Erbetta (Switz) 5-0 before losing 5-4 to Omar Alakkas (Pak), losing to Paul Fortuin (Neth) 5-1 and losing to Munkhkhasar Ulaankhuu 5-4
Men’s Epee Pool, Individual, Group 11: Rahul Van Manen won three of his six matches. He beat Valentin Altunin 5-2, beat Adam Keresztes 5-2, beat Wang Chon Tai 5-1 and lost to Leo Kaminer 5-2, lost to Marko Kuhta 5-1 and lost to Sven Vineis 5-2
Men’s Epee Pool, Individual, Group 13: Harry Saner won three of his six matches. He beat Kiril Pavlov 5-2, beat Leandro Sauri May 5-4 and beat Pin Jui Chen 5-3 and lost to Pavlo Trofymenko 5-4, lost to Cyrille de Bock 5-2, lost to Max Straub 5-4
Men’s Epee Pool, Individual, Table of 128: Harry Saner lost to Nolan Windgerter (France) 15-5, Rahul Van Manen lost to Jan Socha (Poland) 15-14
Men’s Epee Pool, Individual, Table of 64: Christiaan Bester lost to Mykhailo Krasinuik (Ukraine) 15-12
SWIMMING
Women’s 400m IM, heats: Dakota Tucker finished 6th in her heat in 4:51.60 and didn’t progress to the final
Women’s 100m freestyle, heats: Olivia Nel finished 2nd in her heat in 55.03 and Georgia Nel placed 8th in the same heat in 56.64. Olivia Nel went through to the semi-finals as joint 2nd fastest
Women’s 100m freestyle, semi-finals: Olivia Nel won her semi-final in 54.74 to qualify for the final as 4th fastest
Women’s 50m breaststroke, heats: Simone Moll finished 3rd in her heat in 31.29 and Lara van Niekerk was 2nd in her heat in 30.90. Both qualified for the semi-finals, Van Niekerk as 2nd fastest and Moll as 8th quickest
Women’s 50m breaststroke, semi-finals: Lara van Niekerk won the first semi-final in 30.64, with Simone Moll finishing 2nd in 31.21. They both progressed to Saturday’s final as 3rd and 5th fastest respectively
Women’s 200m backstroke, final: Hannah Pearse finished 6th in 2:10.39, with Leah Shackley (USA) claiming gold in 2:05.99
Women’s 800m freestyle, heats: Stephanie Houtman finished 7th in her heat in 8:51.64 and didn’t progress to the final
Men’s 200m freestyle, heats: Guy Brooks finished 3rd in his heat in 1:50.43 and Righardt Muller placed 6th in his heat in 1:51.90. Neither progressed to the semi-finals
Men’s 100m backstroke, heats: Pieter Coetze won his heat in 53.34 and progressed to the semi-finals as fastest, but Ruard van Renen was disqualified
Men’s 100m backstroke, semi-finals: Pieter Coetze won his semi-final in a Games record 52.18 and progressed to the final as fastest qualifier
Men’s 200m IM, heats: Matthew Randle was 4th in his heat in 2:06.89 and Cameron Casali was 3rd in his heat in 2:04.32. Neither went through to the semi-finals final
TENNIS
Men’s singles, round of 128: Carl Roothman beat Frank Tayebwa (Uganda) 6-1 6-0 to go through to the round of 64
Men’s doubles, round of 32: Jason Fogle and Damien Nezar lost to Dylan Dietrich and Luca Staheli (Switz) 6-1 6-4