Pieter Coetze broke the World University Games record for the second time in two swims when he secured gold in the men’s 100n backstroke in the pool on Saturday night. Lara van Niekerk won silver in the women’s 50m breaststroke, while Simone Moll was fourth in that final. Elsewhere, Olivia Nel finished fourth in the women’s 100m freestyle final and the mixed 4x100m medley team won bronze.
BASKETBALL 3X3
Men’s in-play: South Africa lost to Czechia 21-9
Women’s in-play: South Africa lost to Hungary 21-6
SWIMMING
GOLD! Men’s 100m backstroke, final: Pieter Coetze won the gold medal in a Games record 51.99
Men’s 200m breaststroke, heats: Matthew Randle finished 6th in his heat in 2:15.06 and Shaun Thomas placed 6th in his heat in 2:16.18. Randle qualified for the semi-finals as 15th fastest while Thomas missed out
Men’s 200m breaststroke, semi-finals: Matthew Randle finished 8th in his semi-final in 2:15.11 and didn’t progress to the final
Men’s 200m butterfly, heats: Dylan Wright finished 8th in 2:02.44 and did not progress to the semi-finals
Men’s 1500 freestyle, heats: Righardt Muller finished 6th in his heat in 15:43.19 and missed out on a place in the final
SILVER! Women’s 50m breaststroke, final: Lara van Niekerk finished 2nd in the final in 30.68 to take the silver, while Simone Moll clocked 30.98 to finish 4th
Women’s 100m freestyle, final: Olivia Nel finished 4th in 54.32, just 0.02 seconds outside of the medals
Women’s 100m backstroke, heats: Michaela de Villiers finished 2nd in her heat in 1:01.15 while Hannah Pearse was 7th in the same heat in 1:02.58. De Villiers qualified for the semi-finals 4th fastest, while Pearse missed out on the last 16
Women’s 100m backstroke, semi-finals: Michaela de Villiers finished 2nd in her heat in 1:00.71 to qualify for the final as 4th fastest for Sunday
Mixed 4x100m medley, heats: University Games Team SA (Ruard van Renen, Simone Moll, Guy Brooks and Michaela de Villiers) finished 3rd in their heat in 3:51.25 and qualified for the final as 5th fastest
BRONZE! Mixed 4x100m medley, final: University Games Team SA (Ruard van Renen, Simone Moll, Guy Brooks and Olivia) finished 3rd in the final in 3:48.34
TENNIS
Men’s singles, round of 64: Carl Roothman lost to Egor Agafonov 7-6 6-2
Men’s singles, round of 32: Delian Kleynhans lost to Egor Agafonov 6-1 6-1
Women’s doubles, round of 32: Erine Lategan and Lilitha Ndungane lost to Viirginia Ferrara and Marta Lombardini (Italy) 6-3 6-4