It was a busy day for Team SA at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Golf: Individual Stroke Play – Round 3
Scores after Round 3: Christiaan Bezuidenhout Tied 13th (-8) shot 7 under par (64) today; and Eric van Rooyen Tied 13th (-8) shot 2 under par (69) on Day 3. Overall leaders at -14
Rowing: Women’s Single Sculls Final C
Paige Badenhorst finished 2nd in her C Final race. The result sees her
finishing 14th overall, out of 32 entrants in the competition
Cycling: Men’s Road Race
Ryan Gibbons finished the gruelling race in 69th position.
Athletics:
Men’s 100m, round 1, heats
Shaun Maswanganyi finished 3rd in his heat, managing to qualify for the Semi Final.
The Semi Final races will be run on Sunday, 4 August.
Men’s 100m, round 1, heats
Although Benjamin Richardson only managed a 4th place finish in his heat – and not achieving automatic qualification to the Semi Final; his time was good enough for a Semi Final berth.
Men’s 100m, round 1, heats
Akani Simbine was first in his heat, gaining automatic qualification for
the Semi Final race on Sunday, 4 August.
Men’s 1500m, Repechage:
Tshepo Tshite finished 4th in his Repechage heat, narrowly missing out
on automatic qualification for the Semi Final by a single position.
Men’s 1500m, Repechage:
Ryan Mphahlele finished 11th in his heat, having run at the front of all
the chasers for the majority of the race. His 11th place does not grant
him the opportunity to run in the Semi Final.
Hockey: Pool B, South Africa vs United States of America
Team South Africa’s women’s hockey team finished their Paris 2024 journey with a 1 – 0 loss against Team USA.
