Team SA were involved in five different sporting codes on Monday. This is how they fared at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago. There were three more medals taking the overall tally to five – three golds and two silvers.
ATHLETICS
Women’s T38 100m semi-final heats: T37 para athlete Hlelo Modise finished fourth in her heat in 18.64 sec, which left her seventh overall and reaching the final
Women’s T38 100m final: T37 para athlete Hlelo Modise finished sixth in 18.89sec
Men’s discus, final: Hencu Lamberts claimed the SILVER medal with a throw of 53.00m
Women’s discus, F42-44/F61-64 final: Shareti Mahlangu finished fifth with a distance of 11.90m
Women’s shotput, final: Alicia Khunou won GOLD with a distance of 17.97m, a CYG record
Women’s 400m, semi-final heat: Colene Scheepers placed third in her race in 55.56 to qualify for the final
BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Men’s Round of 16: Jayden Cupido and Valitham Deloshen won by walkover against Sanusi Jawara and Bubbacarr Semega Janneh of Gambia who did not start
CYCLING
Women’s road race, final: Jessie Munton was given a finishing position of fourth in 1hr 32min 47sec in a sprint to the line. Keira Will of Australia won gold in 1:29:00, followed by Lauren Bates (Australia) in 1:29.00, while Ruby Oakes (Isle Of Man), Munton (SA) and Lowri Richards (Wales) were all credited with 1:32:47
Men’s road race, final: Miles Liebenberg finished eighth in 1hr 33min 55sec, in a race won by Oisin Ferrety in 1:33.05
RUGBY SEVENS
Team SA had won both their opening games, against Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago, by scoring +50 points in each and not conceding a point. Today they beat Canada 38-0. The score was 14-0 at half-time. Try scorers: Stephanus Linde (1), James Nero (3), Marno Stopforth (1), Gino Cupido (1). Conversions: Luan Giliomee (4), Siyanda Nkosi (2)
South Africa later lost 19-17 to Scotland
SWIMMING
Men’s 400m IM: Kian Keylock finished third in 4:31.09 and Kris Mihaylov placed fifth in the same heat in 4:37.07. Keylock qualified sixth fastest for the final, while Mihaylov was 11th overall and missed out on a place in the final
Men’s 400m IM, final: Kian Keylock placed sixth with a time of 4:27.91
Women’s 50m backstroke: Jessica Thompson won her heat in 29.79 while Cassidy Burgess finished fourth in her heat in 30.33. Thomson qualified 4th and Burgess 6th for the final
Men’s 100m freestyle: Kris Mihaylov finished sixth in his heat in 52.09 and Jarden Eaton was also sixth in his heat, in 52.21. That left then 16th and 18th overall and they didn’t progress to the final
Women’s 50m breaststroke: Simone Moll won her heat in 32.63 to qualify for the final
Men’s 50m breaststroke: Kian Keylock finished fourth in his heat in 29.63 to qualify eighth for the final
Women’s 50m backstroke, final: Jessica Thompson finished fourth in 29.54 and Cassidy Burgess sixth in 29.98
Women’s 50m breaststroke, final: Simone Moll claimed the SILVER medal in 32.34
Men’s 50m breaststroke, final: Kian Keylock placed seventh with a time of 29.70
Compiled by Gary Lemke
Photo by Roger Sedres