Olympics | Results Update: How Team SA fared in Paris on Friday
Team SA were involved in four sports at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Friday. They started the day with four medals, but have realistic hopes of adding to that in the men’s 4x100m relay at the Stade de France on Friday night.
In canoeing, Hamish Lovemore and Andrew Birkett finished 6th in their semi-final of the men’s double kayak 500m. They qualified for the B-final, missing out by just 0.19sec on a place in the A-final.
In athletics, Team SA’s men finished 8th in their 4x400m relay heat in 3:03.19 and didn’t qualify for the final. Antonie Nortje ran into trouble at the changeover when he collided with the a runner and fell. Zakhiti Nene had produced the fastest second leg in the race of 44.20 in taking Team SA from 7th to 4th after 800m. However, in post race drama, Nigeria were disqualified and Team SA were re-instated into the final by the referee.
Edmund du Plessis finished 4th in his 800m semi-final in 1:45.34. This left him outside the automatic two qualifiers from the heat, and he faced a nervous wait to see if he could qualify for the final. Unfortunately, the two fastest losers came from the third semi-final.
Marione Fourie finished 6th in her 100m hurdles semi-final in 13.01 and did not progress to the final
The United States (30 golds) lead China (29 golds), Australia (18), France (14) and Great Britain (13) in the medal standings. Team SA are 41st with one gold (Tatjana Smith), one silver (Smith) and two bronzes (men’s Sevens rugby and Alan Hatherly).
COMPLETED
ATHLETICS
Men’s 4x400m relay, heats: Team SA finished 8th in their heat in 3:03.19 and didn’t qualify for the final after Antonie Nortje suffered a mishap on the third leg when he fell at the changeover. However, after the race Nigeria were disqualified and SA were promoted into the final by the referee.
Men’s 800m semi-finals: Edmund du Plessis finished 4th in his semi-final in 1:45.34. This left him outside the automatic two qualifiers from the heat, and outside of being a fastest loser.
CANOEING
Men’s double kayak 500m semi-finals: Hamish Lovemore and Andrew Birkett finished 6th in 1:29.70. The top 4 boats went through, so the Team SA duo qualified for the B-final
IN PROGRESS
GOLF
Women’s individual, third round
-8 Morgane Metraux (Swit) 70 66
-7 Ruinong Yin (China) 72 65
-5 Lydia Ko (NZ) 72 67
Team SA golfers
-3 Ashleigh Buhai (68, 73, yet to tee-off on Friday)
+11 Paula Reto (78, 73 and 4-over for the round after 11 holes on Friday)
STILL TO COME
ATHLETICS
Men’s 4x100m relay, final (7.47pm): Team SA
CANOEING
Men’s double kayak 500m B-final: Hamish Lovemore and Andrew Birkett
DIVING
Women’s 3m springboard final (3pm): Julia Vincent
Compiled by GARY LEMKE in Paris
Photo: ANTON GEYSER/Team SA
