Paralympics | How Team SA fared on Sunday at Paris 2024 Paralympics
Double medallist from Tokyo, Louzanne Coetzee, stamped herself as a medal prospect after qualifying second fastest for the women’s T11 1500m final at the Stade de France.
Along with her guide, Erasmus Badenhorst, the pair will line up in the four-woman final and based on her form shown on Sunday, the Team SA athlete will be hard to beat on Monday.
Archer Shaun Anderson had got Team SA’s Sunday campaign off to a good start when he reached the quarter-finals of the men’s individual W1 category, setting up a last eight showdown with China’s Tianxin Zhan at the 2024 Paralympic Games. There, he went down to the No1 seed 136-134.
The prospects of a first gold medal coming in the evening session at the Stade de France. Flag-bearer Mpumelelo Mhlongo goes in to the men’s T24 100m as the world record holder and favourite, and will have that mark of 11.00sec at the forefront of his mind.
ARCHERY
Men’s individual W1, 1/8 stage: *9 Shaun Anderson beat *6 Tigit Aydin (Turkey) 133-132 (26-23, 51-50, 77-80, 104-106, 133-132)
Men’s individual W1, quarter-final: *9 Shaun Anderson lost to *1 Tianxin Zhang (China) 136-134 (28-27, 56-55, 80-80, 108-107, 134-136)
ATHLETICS
Women’s 1500m, T11 round one: Louzanne Coetzee finished 2nd in her heat in 4:45.25, a season’s best, to qualify for the final 2nd fastest
Women’s discus, F64 final: Yane van der Merwe didn’t measure a distance
WHEELCHAIR TENNIS
Men’s singles, second round: Alwande Sikhosana lost to Daisuke Arai (Japan) 6-1 6-0
Quad Doubles, semi-finals: Daniel Ramphadi and Lucas Sithole lost to *1 Sam Schroder and Niels Vink (Netherlands) 6-1 6-1
STILL TO COME
ATHLETICS
Men’s high jump, T47 final (7.10pm): Khumo Pitso
Men’s 100m, T44 final (7.37pm): Mpumelelo Mhlongo
Women’s long jump, T37 final (8.41pm): Liezel Gouws
Men’s 100m, T64 heats (9.29pm): Paul Daniels
Men’s 100m, T64 heats (9.36pm): Daniel du Plessis
Men’s 100m, T63 heats (9.43pm): Puseletso Mabote
Photo: ROGER SEDRES
Source: Team SA
