11 December 2024 – Ruard van Renen swam the fastest race of his career so far to finish eighth in his first international final at the World Short Course Championships in Budapest on Wednesday. Van Renen had a great start to the 100m backstroke final, which was won by Russian Miron Lifintsev in a new world junior record of 48.76 seconds, with the South African eventually finishing eighth in 49.61 seconds – just his third sub-50 second time after the heats and semifinals. Van Renen had earlier swum in the heats of the 100m free... Read More

10 December 2024 – Rebecca Meder took over half a second off Zimbabwean Olympic great Kirsty Coventry’s African 200m individual medley record on the opening night of the World Short Course Swimming Championships in Budapest on Tuesday. Having qualified as the fourth fastest swimmer in the morning heats in a new South African record of 2:06.15, Meder went even better in the evening final, smashing Coventry’s mark on her way to sixth place in 2:05.61. The previous record of 2:06.13 had stood for over 16 years. Meder adm... Read More

9 December 2024 – Veteran Chad le Clos will head the medal charge as an otherwise youthful team head to the World Short Course Swimming Championships in Budapest this week. The 12-time World Short Course champion has set his sights on bettering American Ryan Lochte’s record tally of medals won in individual events at the competition which stands at 23. Le Clos’s current total is 19, having added two gold medals to his collection the last time the championships were held in 2022 – in the 100 and 200m butterfly. Whil... Read More

9 December 2024 - The Open Water Swimming Competition took place at Lake Oanob, Rehoboth (8 December 2024). The Africa Aquatics Zone IV Championship open water competition concluded the championship with eighty-nine swimmers from 10 African countries competing in the Open Water Swimming competition in the 5km, 3km and 1km, as well as 4 x 1000LC Meter Freestyle Relay. Namibia is the new title holders of the XX Africa Aquatics Zone IV Open Water Swimming Championship, followed by South Africa and Angola. Combined Team Scores for Open Water ... Read More

9 December 2024 - Namibia hosted the 20th Africa Aquatics Zone IV Swimming and Open Water Swimming Championships from 4 to 8 December 2024. 386 athletes from 15 countries competed in this, the biggest Africa Aquatics Zone IV Championships ever since its inception as the CANA Zone IV competition. It was also one of the larger international aquatic events on the African continent this year. The Championships covered two aquatic disciplines in a Pool Swimming Competition and Open Water Swimming Competition. ... Read More