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With the absence of Olympic champions, the 2025 SA Senior National Swimming Championships in Gqeberha spotlight emerging talents like Pieter Coetzé and Rebecca Meder, as they aim for World Championship qualification.
Discover how 19-year-old Jarden Eaton is making waves in South African swimming and aiming for Olympic glory
The four-time Olympic medalist Chad le Clos at 32-years-old, is chasing the record of American Ryan Lochte at the event.
Coetzé became the first swimmer of the series to achieve a coveted “crown” by winning a third straight 200m backstroke race of the series on Thursday.
Lucia Ruiters founded the club with the goal of engaging youth in sport to provide a positive alternative to the issues prevalent in Wentworth, among them drug abuse.
Four-times Olympic medallist Chad le Clos treated swimmers from Wentworth's Olive Tree Swimming Club to an exclusive training clinic at the Kings Park Pool, at the weekend.
The SA Short Course Championships at the Kings Park Pool in Durban will give swimmers the chance to qualify for the World Short Course Championships in Budapest in December.
South Africa’s 800m golden girl Prudence Sekgodiso made an impressive start to her Paris Olympics campaign when she finished second in her heat on Friday evening.
Chad le Cos, one of South Africa’s greatest ever Olympians, was eliminated from the Paris Olympics despite finishing second in his 100m butterfly heat on Friday.
Chad le Clos will be in action in the 100m butterfly heats, 12 years on from his famous gold-medal swim at the London Olympics.
Tatjana Smith moved level with Chad le Clos for most medals won as an SA Olympian, but trumps the veteran men’s swimmer in terms of weight of medals.
South African swimming legend Penny Heyns has hailed Tatjana Smith as the greatest Olympian the country has ever produced.
The fact that Tatjana Smith and coach Rocco Meiring have stuck to the intense training schedule that won her two medals in Tokyo should give SA fans real hope for success in Paris.
South Africa’s most decorated Olympian is getting ready to make the most of his fourth experience at the greatest show on earth.
During the Olympics, 92 percent of sub-Saharan consumers will be using online platforms while watching the world's second-largest sporting event.
With one of the greatest sporting events on the planet commencing next week, IOL Sport takes a look at the South African athletes who could potentially claim gold in Paris.
The 19-year-old Pieter Coetze powered to victory in a time of 49. 12 seconds to edge out veteran Chad le Clos who had chosen to focus on defending his 100m freestyle final.
On Tuesday Matt Sates finished fourth in his 200m butterfly semi-final to book a spot in Wednesday night’s final at the World Aquatics Championships under way in Doha.
Four South African swimmers achieved qualifying times at the World Aquatics Championships trials held in Durban from 14-18 December.
Tatjana Schoenmaker and Chad le Clos will be in action at the World Aquatics Championships trials in Durban, starting on Thursday.
“London gave me a drug, an Olympic gold medal in 2012. It was a double-edged sword,” said Chad le Clos
Chad le Clos was again the star of the show in the pool clinching Olympics qualifying time.
Chad le Clos and Lara van Niekerk ensured Team South Africa finished the World Short Course Championships in Melbourne on a high on Sunday.
The biggest smile of the night belonged to Erin Gallagher who outgunned Olympic 100m butterfly champion Maggie MacNeil to earn joint silver with Australia’s Holly Barratt at the Commonwealth Games.
Olympic champion and world record holder Tatjana Schoenmaker made sure the gold was never in doubt in the 200m breaststroke, the defending champion leading from start to finish to win in a time of 2:21. 92.