With the swimming events at the African Games complete, South Africa has emerged from the pool at the top of the medal tally with 46 medals!
Accra, Ghana (14 March, 2024)—South Africa has blown the competition out of the water at the African Games in Accra thanks to our swimming squad who dived into victory and first place on the medal tally!
In a massive display of talent, South African swimmers have collected 46 medals—with the majority of them being gold. In total, the swimmers earned 17 gold medals, 16 silver and 14 bronze; all leading to an epic climb to the top of the swimming medal tally.
Egypt took second place with 35 medals, while Algeria scooped third with 23. A big shoutout goes to Catherine van Rensburg who Team SA announced as “the most successful Team SA swimmer at these Games” after she earned South Africa four gold and a bronze, on top of relay medals.
Despite the swimming stints concluding for the African Games, the heat is still on for other athletes.
The Games began with a golden start for SA, with athletes across the board of sporting codes fighting hard to earn a whopping 29 medals from cycling to badminton—and that was just over the first weekend of the Games.
Adding the swimmers’ bounty into the mix as well as other podium moments (like the bitter-sweet silver for our women’s cricket team) South Africa is sitting at a tally of 77 medals!
The African Games are a huge opportunity for the world to witness the next generation of iconic African athletes. If this year’s displays are anything to go by, we have a lot to be excited about for our nation’s future in sport. And with many more codes yet to compete, this is likely not the end of good news from Accra.
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