Pieter Coetzé came within 0.25 of a second of the world record in blazing his way to the gold medal in the 100m backstroke to win South Africa’s first medal of the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. The 21-year-old was third fastest in the semi-finals but out-duelled Olympic champion Thomas Ceccon and France’s Yohann Ndoye-Brouard in…

Pieter Coetzé booked a spot in the 100m backstroke final at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore after powering to second place in his semi-final on Monday. The 21-year-old star had earned his place in the semi-finals with a time of 52.80 seconds in his morning heat and then went quicker in the semis, touching…

Rebecca Meder and Erin Gallagher both made it through to the semi-finals of their respective events on the opening day of the swimming programme at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on Sunday. Meder booked her spot in the 200m individual medley semi-finals with a time of 2:11.68 in the morning heats. A seventh-place finish in…

A team of 14 South Africans will dive into action as the swimming programme gets underway at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on Sunday. Leading the way for the South Africans will be Pieter Coetzé, who travelled directly to Singapore from Germany, where he was representing the country at the World University Games. The Tuks…

Defending champions Matthew Pelser and Tayla Bruce successfully defended their titles at the Breathe World Ocean Day Swim at the Durban Beach Club on Saturday. Pelser eased home just under two minutes ahead of Wayne Willetts with Gary Albertyn equalling his third position from last year, while Bruce was once again in a class…

Champions Matthew Pelser and Tayla Bruce return to defend their titles in Saturday’s Breathe World Ocean Day Swim at the Durban Beach Club. With a big entry once again for South Africa’s biggest ocean open-water swimming event, Pelser and Bruce look likely to be the swimmers to beat in the main 5km race off…

The SA National Swimming Championships in Gqeberha came to an end with seven swimmers having achieved qualifying times for the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore in July. Leading the pack was Pieter Coetzé who achieved the cut in four events. The fourth of those was accomplished on the final night of competition after cruising to…

Two more breaststrokers booked their tickets to the World Championships in Singapore later this year after swimming the qualifying times on the penultimate night of action at the SA National Swimming Championships in Gqeberha. Both defending champion Michael Houlie and Chris Smith achieved the required mark in the morning heats of the 50m breaststroke and…

The women’s 200m breaststroke provided excitement on the third night of competition at the SA National Swimming Championships in Gqeberha on Friday with two swimmers dipping under the qualification time for the World Championships in Singapore later this year. The event has often provided the highlight of the national championships in recent years with four-time…

Two more swimmers achieved World Championships qualifying marks on the second day of action at the SA National Swimming Championships in Gqeberha on Thursday to join Pieter Coetzé on the team to Singapore later this year. Rebecca Meder was first up in the 200m medley, speeding to victory in a time of 2min 10.39sec to…