Team SA had 4 athletes on podiums yesterday at the Commonwealth Games; a great day for the team! Team SA claimed three silver medals and 1 bronze in track and field events on the day.
The four medals earned yesterday leaves South Africa in 7th place overall.
Today’s line-up is as follows:
DIVING
Final (19:00 – 22:30)
– 3m springboard men
ATHLETICS
Preliminaries (19:00 – 23:45)
– Eunice Sum, Janeth Jepkosgei, Agatha Jeruto (Ken), 800m women
Finals (19:00 – 23:45)
– Wayde van Niekerk, Akani Simbini, Ncincilili Titi , 200m men (semis)
– 1 500m T54 men para
– 200m men
– Andre Olivier, David Rudisha (KEN), Nijel Amos (BOT), 800m men
– Cornel Fredericks, 400m hurdles men
– Victor Hogan, discus throw men
– Blessing Okagbare (NIG), 200m women (semis)
– 1 500m T54 women para
– 200m women
– Wenda Nel, 400m hurdles women
– long jump women
BADMINTON
Preliminaries (14:00 – 23:30)
– men’s singles & doubles
– women’s singles & doubles
GYMNASTICS (Artistic)
Finals (16:00 – 20:00)
– apparatus (vault, uneven bars) women
HOCKEY
Preliminaries Men (15:00 – 18:30)
– South Africa v India
LAWN BOWLS
Quarterfinals (09:45)
– Colleen Piketh/Tracey-Lee Botha v Wales, women’s pairs
– men’s singles
– men’s fours
Semifinals (12:45)
– Esme Steyn/Santjie Steyn/Susan Nel v Australia, women’s trips
Gold Medal Match (09:45)
– Deon van de Vyver/Roger Hagerty/Derrick Lobban v New Zealand, open trips B6/B7/B8 para
NETBALL
Classification (10:30 14:00)
WEIGHTLIFTING
– Gordon Shaw, +105kg men
WRESTLING
Preliminaries (11:00 – 13:30)
– Terry van Rensburg, 65kg freestyle men
– Armando Hietbrink, 86kg freestyle men
– Jeannie-Marie Coetzer, 58kg freestyle women
Finals (17:30 – 20:30) – freestyle 65kg men
– freestyle 86kg men
– freestyle 55kg women
– freestyle 63kg women
