Team SA started the day with 80 medals at the African Youth Games in Luanda, topping the medals table, with swimming having accounted for 50 of them heading into Tuesday. The morning session gave Team SA a mixed bag of results. Swimming continued to impress in their heats, while judo suffered three losses, before Dane van Heerden lost his bronze medal match.
In the evening, swimming again came to the fore, wining 11 medals – six gold, four silvers and one bronze – to lift Team SA’s tally to 91.
Boys -50kg: Dane van Heerden lost to Senegal but has qualified for the bronze medal match
Boys -50kg, bronze medal match: Dane van Heerden lost
Girls -48kg: Mishka Scheepers lost to Angola
Girls +70kg: Ayabulela Gwama lost to Algeria
SWIMMING
Heats
Boys
50m freestyle: Eric Kotze was fastest overall in 24.23, while Kyle Snyders (25.33) was 10th and second reserve for the final
200m medley: Gerard February was fastest in 2:15.85 and Roelof Bartleman 3rd fastest in 2:18.40
Girls
50m freestyle: Maya Mgcina was fastest overall in 27.31, while Sophia Trout (29.88) was 20th and missed out on the final
200m medley: Giuliana Vyncke was 2nd fastest in 2:30.26 and Bailey Lambert 4th fastest in 2:33.49
Boys
50m freestyle: GOLD! Eric Kotze
200m medley: GOLD! Roelof Bartleman
1500m freestyle: SILVER! Matthew Goller BRONZE! Kellen Jenes
4x100m medley: GOLD! Team SA (Kotze, Martin, Pretorius, Snyder)
GIRLS
50m freestyle: SILVER! Maya Mgcina
200m medley: GOLD! Bailey Lambert SILVER! Giuliana Vyncke
800m freestyle: GOLD! Leah Markgraaf SILVER! Kylie de Bruin
4x100m medley: GOLD! Team SA (Lambert, Veldsman, KOtze, Maritz)
Boys singles, quarter-finals: Hlumani Kekana lost to Kenya 2-6, 7-6, 10-5
Girls singles, quarter-finals: Lonwabo Majeke
Girls singles semi-finals: Lonwabo Majeke lost to Tunisia 6-2, 2-6, 10-5
