Gwangju, Sunday, 28th July 2019 - Zane Waddell brought the curtain on a spectacular FINA World Long-Course Championships winning the 50m backstroke gold medal in Gwangju, South Korea on the final day of the championships (Sunday evening).    The United States-based swimmer won South Africa’s fourth medal of the global showpiece winning the country’s only gold. Four-time Olympic medallist Chad le Clos won bronze in the 100m and 200m butterfly while Tatjana Schoenmaker won the women’s 200m breaststroke ... Read More

Gwangju, Saturday, 27th July 2019 - Chad le Clos won South Africa’s third medal at the FINA World Long-Course Championships bagging the bronze in the 100m butterfly in Gwangju, South Korea on Saturday.    The golden boy of South African swimming won his second medal of the championships adding to the 200m butterfly bronze from earlier this week extending the country’s tally to three medals. Tatjana Schoenmaker became the first woman to win a medal at the global showpiece the night before when she won the 200m br... Read More

Gwangju, Friday, 26th July 2019 - Swimming sensation Tatjana Schoenmaker became the first South African woman to win a medal at the FINA World Long-Course Championships finishing second in the 200m breaststroke final in Gwangju, South Korea on Friday.    Schoenmaker won the country’s second medal of the championships after Chad le Clos obtained the 200m butterfly bronze medal on Wednesday.  The 22-year-old Schoenmaker and training partner Kaylene Corbett both featured in the race which was the f... Read More

Gwangju, Thursday, 25th July 2019 - Tatjana Schoenmaker and Kaylene Corbett will line up in the 200m breaststroke final after posting new personal best times in their respective semi-finals at the 18th FINA World Long-Course Championships in Gwangju, South Korea on Thursday.    Schoenmaker marched into her second final of the championships in style touching second in her race hitting the wall in a new South African and continental record of two minutes 21.79 seconds (2:21.79), chopping 0.23s off her previous ... Read More

Gwangju, Wednesday, 24thJuly 2019 - Gwangju, Wednesday, 24th July 2019 - Chad le Clos won South Africa’s first medal at the at the 18th FINA World Long-Course Championships in Gwangju,  South Korea on Wednesday bagging bronze in the 200m butterfly.   The four-time world champion blitzed out of the blocks leading the race over the two laps with Hungarian sensation Kristof Malik reeling him in over the second half of the race.  Malik was in a class of his smashing American icon Michael Phe... Read More