Team SA schedule at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday

Phathutshedzo Maswanganyi and Wayde van Niekerk will be in action on Wednesday as Team SA face a busy schedule at the Paris 2024 Olympics. There were Seven sporting codes representing Team SA on Tuesday, although none of them were involved in determining any medals.

They start the day with four medals with Tatjana Smith [gold and silver]. The men’s sevens rugby and Alan Hatherly [bronze] put them in 24th place on the overall table.

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Meanwhile, Limpopo-born 800m runner Prudence Sekgodiso says she takes the positive besides failing to get a medal during her race on Monday.

The race was won by pre-race favourite Keely Hodgkinson in 1:56.72, with Sekgodiso eighth in 1:58.79.

“The plan was to stick with the girls for as long as I could. I know I’m not good in the final 100m and when I saw the girls coming past me, I thought I must just keep my head up and keep going,” she said.

“I’m so happy I made the final, c’mon guys, it means a lot to me,” she told the media afterwards.

PARIS OLYMPICS TEAM SA SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY 7 AUGUST

ATHLETICS

Men’s high jump qualification, Group B (10.05am): Brian Raats

Women’s javelin qualification, Group A (10.25am): Jo-Ane van Wyk

Women’s 100m hurdles, round 1 (10.39am): Marion Fourie

Men’s 800m, heats: (11.37am): Edmund du Plessis

200m Men’s, semi-finals: (8.02pm): Shaun Maswanganyi

Men’s 200m, semi-finals: (8.18pm): Wayde van Niekerk

Women’s 400m, semi-finals: (9.01pm): Miranda Coetzee

CANOEING

Women’s kayak, single 500m heats (10.10am): Esti Olivier

Women’s kayak, single 500m heats (10.20am): Tiffany Koch

Men’s kayak, single 1000m heats (11am): Hamish Lovemore

CYCLING

Men’s sprint, qualifying (12.45pm): Jean Spies

DIVING

Women’s 3m springboard prelims (3pm): Julia Vincent

GOLF

Women’s individual, first round: Paula Reto

Women’s individual, first round: Ashleigh Buhai

SKATEBOARDING

Men’s Park, prelims (12.30pm): Dallas Oberholzer

SPORT CLIMBING

Men’s boulder & Lead, semi-final Lead: Mel Janse van Rensburg. Boulder points 9.4 (19)