2024 PARIS SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES
South Africa’s Pieter Coetze safely certified for the semifinals of the 100 again this morning, one-upping his efficiency from the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, the place he completed twenty fourth in a time of 54.05. After a robust swim of 52.90 within the prelims, Coetze was the second quickest qualifier and occupied lane 4 within the first semifinal.
Coezte was out .09 sooner than he was this morning, flipping second in 25.40 behind early chief Miroslav Knedla. Coezte, World Document holder Thomas Ceccon, and French star Yohann Ndoye-Brouard would move Knedla, with Ceccon surging to the wall in 52.58. Coetze and Ndoye-Brouard would find yourself tying for 2nd in 52.63. The time not solely erased Coetze’s private finest but in addition rewrites the South African and African information.
| 2024 Olympics Semis (New African Document) | 2024 Olympics Prelims | 2023 S.A. Championships (Former African report) | |
| 1st 50 | 25.40 | 25.49 | 25.58 |
| 2nd 50 | 27.23 | 27.41 | 27.20 |
| Time | 52.63 | 52.90 | 52.78 |
In wanting on the splits between the brand new report and the previous, one can see that Coetze, 20, took out the race sooner, by .18 within the first 50, and solely sacrificed .03 on the again half. Wanting on the larger image, the time seems to make the younger South African the twenty fourth quickest performer of all time.
In 2022, Coetze introduced that he meant to coach and attend the College of California, however a yr later, he reversed course and opted to stay in South Africa and switch professional. Since then he claimed bronze on the 2024 World Championships within the 200 backstroke and is in prime place tomorrow to earn an Olympic medal.
For South Africa, Coetzee represents the primary man not named Chad le Clos to achieve an Olympic last because the 2016 Rio Video games when Cameron van der Burgh received silver within the 100 breaststroke and Brad Tandy positioned sixth within the 50 free.
Different Continental Information
- Fellow South African Tatijana Smith certified first into the finals of tomorrow’s 100 breaststroke by advantage of her 1:05.00. The lately married swimmer completed 2nd on the Tokyo Olympics in a time of 1:05.22 behind the USA’s Lydia Jacoby.
- South African and UVA swimmer Aimee Canny made the semifinals of the ladies’s 200 freestyle, putting twelfth in a time of 1:57.34. In 2021, Canny was a relay-only swimmer, swimming within the 4×200 free and 4×100 medley relays.
Continental/Nationwide Information
- Benin
- 100 Again: Alexis Kpadi – 57.61
- South Africa
