Hamish Lovemore thrillingly proved that he is one of the best canoeists in the world as he took home silver in a nail-biting K1 short distance canoe final at The World Games. In doing so Lovemore opened the tally for Team SA at The World Games in Chengdu, China.  The 25-year-old missed out on victory by a matter of centimetres…

Team SA’s athletes were involved in three sports on Saturday at The World Games in Chengdu, China. In men’s short distance K1 canoeing, Olympian Hamish Lovemore was the fastest qualifier heading into the final where he was involved in a titanic struggle with two-time world canoe sprint champion Mads Brandt Pedersen. He was just 0.15…

Team SA’s athletes were involved in four sports on Friday at The World Games in Chengdu, China. In squash competition, both men’s and women’s singles players, Dewald van Niekerk and Hayley Ward won through to the Round of 16. ARCHERY Men’s Compound, round of 32: Septimus Cilliers lost to Jean Pizzaro of Puerto Rico 146-144…

Archery fired Team SA into action on Thursday at The World Games after competing in the compound qualification round at the Qinglong Lake Park in Chengdu, China. The archery squad consists of Hendre Verhoef and Jeanine Kradenburg, who both rank No2 in South Africa, as well as the men’s No2, Septimus Cilliers. Verhoef had the…

Team SA’s participation at The World Games in Chengdu, officially gets under way on Thursday in the south-western Chinese city which is home to 20-million people. South Africa will be one of over a hundred nations parading at the opening ceremony, with archer Hendre Verhoef and orienteering’s Sarah Wimberley being given the honour of carrying…

Team South Africa will be represented by a squad of 20 athletes across eight sports at the 12th edition of The World Games in Chengdu, China from 7-17 August. The World Games is a multi-sport event for several sports and disciplines that are not in the program of the Olympic Games, with the event taking…

There were five Team SA athletes in action in the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, Alabama, on Saturday. Conditions were again described as "brutally hot" on the penultimate day of competition. Dylan Kruger and Jonathan Benjamin competed in the men's duathlon, Natalie Sterk took part in the women's duathlon and sport climbing was represented by…

There were three Team SA athletes in action on Friday at the World Games in Birmingham, Alabama. Travis Fisher competed in the waterski and wakeboard slalom final and sport climbing saw Chris Crosser and Lauren Mukheibir taking part in the men's and women's boulder qualification, respectively. Team SA’s Chef de Mission, Kim Pople, said that while…

There were three Team SA athletes in action on Thursday at the World Games in Birmingham, Alabama. Travis Fisher competed in the waterski and wakeboard preliminary round and qualified for the final to be held on Friday.

Team SA’s duathletes have arrived in camp ahead of their competition in the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, Alabama. They are acclimatising to the heat after their long travel, but will soon be in action. “All our Team SA members are fit and healthy and we’re heading into the final few days,” said Team…