A team of young South African swimmers have earned an impressive haul of 84 medals from the African Swimming Championships in Algeria. Both a senior and junior team competed in the Oran, with the juniors earning 25 gold, 15 silver and 12 bronze medals to finish well on top of the continental medal table. The…

Hannah Pearse was the 13th and final addition to the Commonwealth Games qualifying list on the last day of the SA Swimming Championships in Gqeberha on Saturday.  The 23-year-old couldn’t hold back her tears after sailing to victory in the 200m backstroke in a time of 2min 10.92sec to take a step closer to achieving…

Six more Commonwealth Games qualifying times were achieved by the country’s top swimmers at the SA Swimming Championships in Gqeberha on Friday to swell the total number to 12 different individuals. Both Pieter Coetzé and Calvyn Justus (pictured) dipped under the qualifying mark in the 50m freestyle heats. While Coetzé's primary focus remains the backstroke…

Aimee Canny wrapped up her SA Swimming Championships campaign with a fourth Commonwealth Games qualifying time on Thursday night in Gqeberha. The 22-year-old has been one of the standout performers at the national event, claiming four titles and securing qualifying times in each of them. On Thursday, it was the 200m breaststroke title that Canny…

Six swimmers achieved Commonwealth Games qualifying times on the second day of the SA Swimming Championships in Gqeberha. The women’s 200m individual medley proved to be the evening's highlight of the evening, producing a massive battle between the in-form Aimee Canny and defending champion Rebecca Meder. There were also two qualifiers in the men’s 50m…

Aimee Canny, Pieter Coetzé and Ruard van Renen headlined the opening day of the SA Swimming Championships in Gqeberha, with all three securing Commonwealth Games qualifying times with the Glasgow showpiece now being 99 days away. Canny achieved qualifying times in two events – the 200m freestyle and the 100m breaststroke.  She first claimed a…

South Africa’s elite swimmers descend on Gqeberha for the South African Swimming Championships this week, with national titles and crucial qualification spots for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on the line. The five-day competition, taking place at the Newton Park Swimming Pool, is one of the most important meets on the domestic calendar and serves…

Jessica Thompson served further notice that she’s at the forefront of the next wave of South African swimmers coming through when she broke the South African and African 50m women’s backstroke record in Gqeberha. Competing at the 2026 South African National Youth Championships at Newton Park, the 18-year-old won her race in 27.67sec to lower…

Callan Lötter and Matthew Caldwell were crowned champions of the aQuellé Midmar Mile for the first time after two very different races on Sunday. While Lötter took the direct route, dominating the elite women’s race, Caldwell’s strategy to swim a wide line out to the right of the rest of the field in the men’s…

Rebecca Meder wrapped up her World Aquatics Swimming World Cup campaign with another bronze medal at the third and final leg of the series in Toronto. That brought the 23-year-old's total tally to four bronze medals from the three stops. On Saturday, she produced a strong final 25m to claim third in the…