Open Water swimming: Wednesday, August 4 – Thursday, August 5, 2021.When: Pool swimming: Saturday, July 24 – Sunday, August 1, 2021.Share Tokyo 2020, Day 3 18 & Under Medalists and Medal Table: Jacoby Strikes Gold on LinkedIn.Share Tokyo 2020, Day 3 18 & Under Medalists and Medal Table: Jacoby Strikes Gold on Pinterest.Submit Tokyo 2020, Day 3 18 & Under Medalists and Medal Table: Jacoby Strikes Gold to Reddit.Tweet Tokyo 2020, Day 3 18 & Under Medalists and Medal Table: Jacoby Strikes Gold.Share Tokyo 2020, Day 3 18 & Under Medalists and Medal Table: Jacoby Strikes Gold on Facebook.Schoenmaker’s training partner, schoolboy Pieter Coetzé, managed only 54.05 sec in the 100m backstroke heats, which placed him 24th in a field of 40.July 26th, 2021 International, News, Previews & Recaps, Tokyo 2020
The men’s water polo team crashed to a 21-2 defeat to world champions Italy, the Olympic bronze medallists five years ago. They will race the B-final on Wednesday.īrandon Valjalo, with his arm in a plaster cast after breaking his wrist a couple of days earlier, took a few spills as he ended third from bottom in skateboarding’s Olympic debut, in the men’s street discipline. The rowers learnt that in the morning as the men’s four, who went to Tokyo as contenders, were eliminated as they ended last in their repechage. Kobamelo Kodisang, Evidence Makgopa and Teboho Mokoena scored for SA, but Luther Singh missed a penalty and Luke Fleurs botched an opportunity to equalise in the dying moments when he kicked over the bar with the net at his mercy. The men’s Under-23 football team at least entertained as they went down 3-4 to France, blowing the lead on three occasions in the second half, when they led 1-0, 2-1 and 3-2 before conceding a late penalty and then the winning goal in stoppage time. At the top end, American star Simone Biles accumulated 57.731 points. Gymnast Caitlyn Rooskrantz scored a personal best 49.933 points in the all-round qualification, while Naveen Daries recovered from a shaky start to finish with 46.365 points. Surfer Bianca Buitendag battled her way into Monday’s third round of the women’s competition, where she was drawn to take on world No 5 Stephanie Gilmore of Australia. Moolman-Pasio, 17 seconds behind the bronze medallist, will launch another podium assault on Wednesday, this time in the individual time trial, an event where she can rely more on her own skills rather than the tactics of teams around her. Her performance also delivered much needed impetus to Team SA after two mostly lacklustre days of Olympic action.Ĭyclist Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio offered SA a chance in the women’s 137km road race, finishing a respectable 13th overall after the peloton misjudged the danger of an early breakaway, from which Austria’s unheralded Anna Kiesenhofer claimed the gold. However she dresses it up, Schoeman has signalled a clear intent that she’s on the hunt for two medals in Japan. “I already did it so that means it’s off my shoulders.” She insisted she was feeling no pressure, saying her main goal was to swim best times. I’m very excited to race the other amazing girls I didn’t race today.” “The 100s not my best, but that’s why I was so shocked. I’m just trying to get into the final and just have a lane there. “I think most of the girls are going to swim much faster tomorrow. Schoenmaker played down her effort, warning that the others were going to come at her. Because it was my first race I gave it all from the start, I really just wanted to go out, get my pace up, but obviously didn’t expect that fast.” Obviously my 200 is always a little better, but it was a good swim. Sweden’s Sophie Hansson was fourth fastest overall in 1:05.66.įor Schoenmaker, who took nearly a second off the 1:05.74 African record she posted in April, said she was surprised and warned that the others would go faster. King owns the 1:04.13 world mark and the 1:04.72 world lead. The other US competitor, world record-holder Lilly King, won the final heat in 1:05.55. In her wake was one of her two main American opponents, Lydia Jacoby, who touched in 1:05.52. Schoenmaker went into the showpiece seeded fourth in this event and first in the 200m breaststroke, but she threw down the gauntlet as she powered into the lead and almost lost her green cap on her way to clocking 1 min 04.82 sec to win her heat.Īnd given how she floated into the wall, there’s room to go even faster. Tatjana Schoenmaker sounded a serious warning to her Tokyo Games rivals on Sunday evening as she broke the 100m breaststroke Olympic record in the heats.
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