Team SA started the day at the 13th African Games in Accra with a total of 98 medals. They have already surpassed their total achieved in Morocco in 2019 of 86. Alan Cumming in the men’s hammer throw made it medal No99 for Team SA with bronze, lifting athletics to six medals. Boxing’s Lubablo Lusizi is through to Friday night’s 51kg division final, which technically makes him the 100th Team SA medallist, although it can’t be reflected on the medals table until the colour is determined. John Masamba lost his 63.5kg semi-final but will earn a bronze medal.
Below are results involving Team SA competitors on Thursday.
ATHLETICS
Women’s heptathlon
100m Hurdles: Shannon Verster finished 3rd in 14.59sec
High jump: Shannon Verster finished 2nd with a height of 1.70m
Shot put: Shannon Verster finished 4th with a distance of 10.94m
200m: Shannon Verster finished 4th in 26.38sec
Long jump: Shannon Verster finished 4th in 5.29m
Javelin: Shannon Verster finished 3rd with a distance of 33.10m
800m: Shannon Verster finished 2nd in 2:21.60
Final result: Shannon Verster placed 4th in the competition
Men’s 400m, final
Lindukuhle Gora finished 5th in 50.13sec
Men’s hammer throw, final
BRONZE! Alan Cumming had an opening effort of 67.05m which placed him 3rd and earned him a bronze medal
Women’s 400m hurdles, heats
Samantha Joseph finished 2nd in her heat in 58.12 to qualify for the final
Women’s discus, final
Yolandi Stander finished 4th with a distance of 54.44m
Ashley Erasmus finished 7th with a distance of 51.85m
Ischke Senekal finished 8th with a distance of 50.38m
Men’s long jump, qualifying
Asanda Mthembu qualified for the final with a leap of 7.55m
BOXING
Men’s 51kg, semi-finals
Lubabalo Lusizi beat Fabrice Valeri (Mauritius) when the referee stopped the contest in round 3 and he will fight for the gold medal on Friday night against Zambian Patrick Chinyemba
Men’s 63.5kg
John Masamba lost to Samuel Takyi (Ghana) on points 5-0
Photo by Frennie Shivambu in Accra