Vd Burgh wins silver, SA’s first Rio Olympic medal; Chad in freestyle final

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Cape Town – Cameron van der Burgh has won South Africa’s first medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Van der Burgh took the silver medal in the men’s 100m breaststroke on Sunday night (Monday morning SA time) in a time of 58.69.

2016 Rio Olympics - Swimming - Victory Ceremony - Men's 100m Breaststroke Victory Ceremony - Olympic Aquatics Stadium - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 07/08/2016. Gold medallist Adam Peaty (GBR) of United Kingdom poses with silver medallist Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) of South Africa and bronze medallist Cody Miller (USA) of USA. REUTERS/Dominic Ebenbichler
2016 Rio Olympics – Swimming – Victory Ceremony – Men’s 100m Breaststroke Victory Ceremony – Olympic Aquatics Stadium – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 07/08/2016. Gold medallist Adam Peaty (GBR) of United Kingdom poses with silver medallist Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) of South Africa and bronze medallist Cody Miller (USA) of USA. REUTERS/Dominic Ebenbichler

Great Britain’s Adam Peaty took the gold medal in stunning fashion, setting another world record in 57.13.

American Cody Miller finished third in 58.87. – Sport24

Source: http://www.sport24.co.za/OtherSport/Olympics2016/van-der-burgh-takes-silver-in-rio-20160808

Chad le Clos makes Tuesday’s 200m freestyle final

Cape Town – South Africa’s Chad le Clos has qualified for the final of the men’s 200m freestyle final at the Rio Olympics.

2016 Rio Olympics - Swimming - Semifinal - Men's 200m Freestyle Semifinals - Olympic Aquatics Stadium - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 07/08/2016. Chad Le Clos (RSA) of South Africa competes. REUTERS/Michael Dalder
2016 Rio Olympics – Swimming – Semifinal – Men’s 200m Freestyle Semifinals – Olympic Aquatics Stadium – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 07/08/2016. Chad Le Clos (RSA) of South Africa competes. REUTERS/Michael Dalder

Le Clos, swimming in the second semi-final, posted the seventh-fastest time to sneak into the final.

Le Clos’ time of 1:45:94 was good enough for fifth-best in his semi-final, which was won by China’s Sun Yang in the fastest overall time (1:44:63).

Le Clos’ South African team-mate Myles Brown finished sixth in his semi-final (1:46:57) and failed to qualify for the final.

Read also: Chad le Clos: snacking habits that make him a winner

The final will take place at 03:21 (SA time) on Tuesday. – Sport24

Source: http://www.sport24.co.za/OtherSport/Olympics2016/le-clos-sneaks-into-200m-freestyle-final-20160808

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