Akani Simbine won men’s 100m silver and para-athlete Charl du Toit also won silver in the men’s T37/T38 100m final, while Candice Lill bagged a bronze medal in the women’s mountain bike cross-country race. The Para Women’s Pairs Lawn Bowls B6-B8 team of Victoria van der Merwe and Desiree Levin also won a bronze. Team SA finish the sixth day of competition with 20 medals at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – six golds, seven silvers and seven bronzes.
ATHLETICS
Men’s 800m, heats: Tshepo Tshite finished fourth in his heat in 1:49.82 and did not progress to the final
Men’s T11/T12 100m, heats: Ndodomzi “Jonathan” Ntutu won his heat in a season’s best 10.89 and qualified for tomorrow’s final as favourite to win gold. Jaco Smit finished second in his heat in 11.32 and did not progress to the final
Men’s T37/T38 100m, final: SILVER! Charl du Toit claimed the silver in a Games record and season’s best 11.54. The para-athlete star came through in the second half of the race strongly to take the medal
Women’s 10000m, final: Dominique Scott-Erfud finished fifth in 31:00.10. Eilish McColgan (Scotland) won gold in a Games record 30:40.10 beating Kenya’s Rachel Chebet
Men’s 100m final: SILVER! Akani Simbine finished strongly to take silver behind Kenya Ferdinand Omanyala who won god in 10.02. Simbine clocked 10.13
BADMINTON
Men’s singles, round of 64: Caden Kakora bt Ben Chater (Falkland Islands) 2-0 (21-10, 21-8)
Women’s singles, round of 64: Johanna Scholtz lost 2-0 (21-11, 21-12) to Freya Redfearn (England)
Women’s singles, round of 64: Deidre Jordaan beat Justine Naluwooza (Uganda) 2-0 (21-19, 21-10)
Women’s doubles, round of 32: Deidre Jordaan and Johanna Scholtz bt Eleni Christodoulou and Eva Kattiritz (Cyprus) 2-0 (15-10, 15-14)
BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Men’s Group B: Grant Goldschmidt, Leo Williams beat Adam and Sanjid (Maldives) 2-1 (21-16, 14-21, 21-11)
BOXING
Men’s middleweight (75kg) quarter-final: Simnikiwe Bongco beat Kemrond Moses (Grenada) on points. He is now guaranteed a medal, given the two losers of the semi-finals share a bronze. Bongco was given a standing count in the second round but roared back to have his opponent receive a standing count in the third round. He was a comfortable winner against the southpaw
CYCLING (MOUNTAIN BIKE)
Women’s Cross-Country: BRONZE! Candice Lill raced to the bronze medal with a gutsy effort in the final. Evie Richards of England won gold in 1hr 34min 59sec, followed by Zoe Cuthbert of Australia 47 seconds behind and Lill 1:13 behind Richards
HOCKEY
Men’s Pool A: South Africa 0 Australia 3
South Africa found themselves 2-0 down in the first quarter before they stood up well to their favoured opponents and it was only a goal in the final quarter that gave the scoreline a glossy look. It now becomes a straight fight between SA and New Zealand on Thursday night to determine who joins Australia in the semi-finals. Both SA and NZ have a goal difference of -2 and are on four points each
JUDO
Men’s 90kg, semi-finals: Thomas Breytenbach lost by Ippon (3min) to Jamal Petgrave (England)
Bronze medal match: Thomas Breytenbach lost by Ippon (2:51) to Shah Hussain Shah (Pakistan)
LAWN BOWLS
Men’s singles, Section A, Round 2: Jason Evans beat Todd Priaulx (Guernsey) 21-16
Men’s Fours, Section A, Round 2: Wayne Rittmuller, Petrus Breitenbach, Prince Neluonde, Bradley Robinson beat New Zealand 14-13
Men’s Fours, Section A, Round 3: Wayne Rittmuller, Petrus Breitenbach, Prince Neluonde, Bradley Robinson lost 19-15 to Malta
Women’s Pairs, Section B, Round 2: Colleen Piketh, Bridget Calitz lost 19-10 to New Zealand
Women’s Pairs, Section B, Round 3: Colleen Piketh, Bridget Calitz drew 16-16 with India
Women’s Triples, Section A, Round 3: Johanna Snyman, Esme Kruger, Thabelo Muvhango lost 19-18 to Singapore
Women’s Triples, Section A, Round 4: Johanna Snyman, Esme Kruger, Thabelo Muvhango beat Australia 17-12
Para Women’s Pairs B6-B8, Bronze medal match: BRONZE! Victoria van der Merwe and Desiree Levin beat England 16-7. The South Africans were in total control throughout, stretching to a 10-2 lead after six ends and enjoying their time in the sunshine
NETBALL
Pool A: South Africa 69 Wales 51
South Africa produced an impressive display in winning their encounter which leaves them in third spot in their pool and likely to compete for fifth and sixth position later in the week
SWIMMING
Men’s 200m IM, heats: Matt Sates finished fourth in his heat in 2:11.99, Andrew Ross finished fifth in his heat in 2:03.47, while Guy Brooks was a non-starter due to a late arrival due to a transport malfunction which affected a number of swimmers. Sates (12th) and Ross (13th) overall did not progress to the final
Men’s 4x100m medley relay: DNS. A swimmer encountered transport problems which affected a number of nation’s swimmers and reached the venue late
Women’s 400m freestyle, heats: Dune Coetzee finished fourth in her heat in 4:14.92 to qualify for the final, while Michaela Pulford finished sixth (4:16.76) and Trinity Hearne seventh (4:26.22) in their heat and missed out on going through to the final
Final: Dune Coetzee finished eighth in 4:14.92. Gold was won by Eve Thomas (NZ) in 4:11.50
Women’s 50m backstroke, final: Rebecca Meder finished eighth in 28.66
Women’s 4x100m medley final: Rebecca Meder, Lara van Niekerk, Erin Gallagher, Aimee Canny finished fourth in 3:59.63 with Australia winning gold
TABLE TENNIS
Men’s singles, Group 8, Round 1: Shaun Jones lost 4-0 (11-2, 11-4, 11-4, 11-8) to Hongtao Chen (Canada)
Men’s singles, Group 8, Round 2: Shaun Jones lost 4-0 (11-4, 11-6, 11-2, 11-4) to Marius Yiangou (Cyprus)
Men’s singles, Group 9, Round 1: Theo Cogill lost 4-0 (11-5, 11-3, 11-7, 11-6) to Dillon Chambers (Australia)
Men’s singles, Group 9, Round 2: Theo Cogill beat Javier Sotomayor (Falkland Islands) 4-0 (11-5, 11-3, 11-5, 11-9)
Men’s singles, Group 11, Round 1: Chetan Nathoo lost 4-3 (11-6, 11-8, 10-12, 11-6, 9-11, 10-12, 9-11) to Kevin Farley (Barbados)
Women’s singles, Group 7, Round 1: Zodwa Maphanga lost 4-0 (11-3, 12-10, 11-7, 12-10) to Chloe Thomas Wu Zhang (Wales)
Women’s singles, Group 7, Round 2: Zodwa Maphanga lost 4-0 (11-4, 11-7, 11-6, 11-4) to Fatimath Ali (Maldives)
Women’s singles, Group 10, Round 1: Danisha Patel beat Solesha Young (Jamaica) 4-0 (11-4, 11-4, 11-3, 11-8)
Women’s singles, Group 10, Round 2: Danisha Patel bt Jenny Amadi (Kenya) 4-0 (11-3, 11-2, 11-6, 11-3)
Men’s singles, Group 11, Round 2: Chetan Nathoo beat Stephen Reilly (Fiji) 4-0 (11-4, 11-8, 11-3, 11-6)
Women’s singles, Group 13, Round 1: Mushfiquh Kalam beat Millicent Ankude (Ghana) 4-1 (14-12, 8-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-6)
Women’s singles, Group 13, Round 2: Mushfiquh Kalam lost 4-0 (12-10, 11-8, 11-8, 11-5) to Natalie Cummings (Guyana)
WEIGHTLIFTING
Men’s +109kg, final: Nathan Eli Morris had a snatch of 141kg and didn’t register a weight in the jerk attempting 170kg
Compiled by Gary Lemke
Photo: Anton Geyser