8 September 2024 – Christian Sadie wrapped up Team SA’s Paralympic campaign in the pool with a fifth place in the S7 50m butterfly on Saturday night. The Stellenbosch swimmer was in contention throughout the race and came close to securing a podium place, finishing just .25 of a second outside of the medals after equalling his own African record by finishing in 29.94 seconds. “I’m happy, I’m on my PB, so I can’t ask for much more,” said Sadie after the race. “There were one or two things I c... Read More

Sierra Leone Aquatics has successfully concluded a three-day intensive coaching course in Freetown, held from September 6 to September 8 at the Sierra Palms Hotel. This initiative, under the Olympic Solidarity Program, was designed to enhance the skills and knowledge of local swimming coaches. The course was officially opened by Acting General Secretary Joseph S. Jida Kiz-Kamara, who welcomed South African expert Eugene Da Ponta to facilitate the training. Kiz-Kamara emphasized the significance of capacity building, highlighting that t... Read More

5 September 2024 – Alani Ferreira broke two more African records at the Paralympics in Paris on Thursday. The visually impaired swimmer finished third in her morning heat of the SB12 100m breaststroke to set a new continental mark of 1:21.95 and then went even quicker in the evening final. While the World Championships bronze medallist was hoping to reach the podium in Paris, she had to be content with fifth place, but achieved it in an even quicker time, lowering her new record to 1:21.36. The race was won by three-time wor... Read More

3 September 2024 – South Africa’s Kat Swanepoel and Nathan Hendricks both swam to new African records at the Paralympic Games in Paris on Tuesday. Swanepoel competed in the S5 50m backstroke heats and revealed afterwards, she’d achieved her result with a dislocated shoulder. The Johannesburg swimmer was classed up just before the Paralympics, meaning she is facing much tougher competition in her events in Paris, having previously competed in the S4 category. While her time of 49.63 seconds was not quick enough to progres... Read More

31 August 2024 – Three African records were set by South African swimmers at the Paralympic Games in Paris on Saturday. Alani Ferreira set the first of them in the heats of the S13 400m freestyle, finishing in a time of 4:58.06 to book her place in her first Paralympic final. Competing again in the evening, the Pietermaritzburg swimmer took a further two seconds off her time to set another African record of 4:55.95. “I'm very happy, this is the race that I say it's my race because I do this one because I love it, not b... Read More