Mbabane, Eswatini — The XXI Africa Aquatics Zone IV Swimming Championships burst into life this morning with a flurry of record-breaking swims, personal bests, and dominant performances that set the tone for an electrifying week of competition. In the Girls 14 & Under 800m Freestyle, Namibia’s Vitoria De Sousa lit up the pool with a commanding victory in 9:35.23, smashing the previous championship mark of 9:43.46 set in 2018 by Seychelles’ Therese Soukup. Botswana’s Maeva Morebodi (10:34.77) and Zimbabwe’s... Read More

  4 August 2025 - While the country’s swimming team left the World Aquatics Championships with four medals, thanks to Pieter Coetzé’s gold and two silvers and Kaylene Corbett’s bronze, the pick of the SA athletes competing in the other sports contested at the event in Singapore was open water swimmer Callan Lotter. The 19-year-old secured 16th place in all three of the events she contested – the 5km and 10km as well as the newly introduced 3km knockout swim. That was a marked improvement on the 29th p... Read More

  3 August 2025 – Pieter Coetzé wrapped up an exceptional World Aquatics Championships by getting his hands on another silver medal. The 21-year-old added the 50m backstroke silver to his 100m gold and 200m silver, so becoming the only man to reach the podium for all three backstroke events at these championships. Coetzé lined up for the 50m final as the third fastest qualifier behind two Russians – world record-holder Kliment Kolesnikov and Pavel Samusenko – after swimming an African record in Sa... Read More

  2 August 2025 – Pieter Coetzé will have one last shot at adding to his already impressive medal haul at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore after winning his 50m backstroke semifinal on Saturday. The 21-year-old who already has 100m backstroke gold and 200m backstroke silver in the bag will line up for the final of the 50m event on Sunday. Coetzé blasted to victory in his semifinal in a time of 24.32 seconds to qualify third fastest for the final behind world record-holder Kliment Kolesnikov (24.1... Read More

1 August 2025 – The South African flag was raised twice more at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on Friday as Pieter Coetze claimed silver in the 200m backstroke and Kaylene Corbett a bronze in the 200m breaststroke. After his victory in the 100m backstroke on Tuesday, Coetze lined up among the favourites, having qualified fastest for the final of the 200m event with a new African record in the semifinals. The Pretoria swimmer went out hard in the final, turning first at both the 50 and 100m marks under worl... Read More