Daily update – Day 3 (19 August 2014)

 

Even though medals still eluded Team SA on day 3 of the competition, there were improvements in athletes performances, with four athletes achieving a 4th position. More athletes are still to compete, with Leandri Geel (discus) and Taylon Bieldt (100mH) in action tomorrow night. Summary of day 3 results:

Sport Venue Time Athlete Result10:07 Christopher Reid 5th (26.71 - semis10:15 Justine Macfarlane 6th (1:11.37) - semis 10:37 Nathania van Niekerk 4th (2:17.02)10:52 Team SA

11:00 - 18:00 Calvin Gibbs 15th (Race3); 23rd (Race 4)11:00 - 18:00 Megan Robertson 30th (Race 3); 30th (Race 4)

Shooting Fangshan Shooting Hall

13:00 - 13:40 Sybrand Lourens

JudoLongjiang

Gymnasium 13:00 - 16:00 Unelle Snyman4th

15:00 Lloyd Harris Lost 2-6; 0-6

15:00 Lloyd Harris & Sandra Samir Won 6-2; 6-4 15:00 Alex Limberg 4th 15:00 Maia Rawlins 4th

Equestrian Xinzhuang

Equestrian Venue 15:30 - 17:00 Alexa Stais 4th (Round 1)09:10 Kaleigh Telfer 29th (Round 1)09:30 Kyle McClatchie 29th (Round 1)16:00 Team SA Won 6-5

19:30 Team SAWon 8-2

18:00 Michelle Weber 8th (09:00.16)18:41 - 18:45 Joshua Steyn 4th (53.63)18:45 - 18:53 Justine MacFarlane 7th (1:10.55)19:00 - 19:08 Christopher Reid 8th (26.75)19:19 - 19:26 Team SA 8th (3:28.86)

Venue

Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Final

Men's Individual Stroke Play Round 1Men's Hockey Team A - Men's Hockey Team A South Africa VS Australia

Women's 100m Breaststroke - Heats - Women's 100m breaststroke - Heat 3Women's 200m Backstroke - Heats - Women's 200m Backstroke - Heat 2

Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay - Heats - Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay - Heat 1

Men's 50m Backstroke Semifinals - Men's 50m Backstroke Semifinal 1 or 2

National Youth Olympic Sports

National Sports Institute Academy

of China

National Sports Centre Natatorium

Jinniu Lake

Men's 50m Backstroke - Heats - Men's 50m Backstroke - Heat 1

Men's 100m Butterfly Final - Men's 100m Butterfly Final

Women's 100m Breaststroke Semifinals - Women's 100m breaststroke Semifinal 1 or 2

Hockey

Women's Individual Stroke Play Round 1

BMX Warm up and Finals

Women's Hockey Team A - Women's Hockey Team A South Africa VS Fiji

Qualification races for Women’s One Person Dinghy

Women's 800m Freestyle - Fastest Heat - Women's 800m Freestyle - Fastest Heat/Final

National Youth Olympic Sports

Park

Golf Zhongshan Int Golf Club

2nd (3:29.24) - Finals

Swimming National Sports Centre Natatorium

10m Air Rifle Pre-Event Training

Men's Singles Second Round

Jumping Continental Team Round 1 - Team Round 1

Mixed Doubles First Round

Swimming

Sailing

Cycling

Tennis

BMX Warm up and Finals

Women -78 kgPreliminaries/Repechage, Finals of Repechage, Semi-finals

Qualification races for Men’s One Person Dinghy

                             

 

 

 

 

 

Sport Venue Session/ Time Athlete Name

08:30 Kyle McClatchie 08:30 Kaleigh Telfer

08:45 - 09:0009:00 - 10:15

11:1512:00 - 12:10

09:00 Relebohile Pebane09:00 Ivan Venter

10:00 - 10:48 Joshua Steyn10:00 - 10:48 Jarred Crous10:00 - 10:48 Marlies Ross 10:00 - 10:48 Team SA11:00 - 18:00 Calvin Gibbs 11:00 - 18:00 Megan Robertson

15:00 Lloyd Harris 15:00 Lloyd Harris

Equestrian Xinzhuang Equestrian Venue 15:30 - 17:00 Alexa Stais18:12 - 18:17 Jarred Crous18:28 - 18:32 Christopher Reid18:32 - 18:36 Justine Macfarlane18:36 - 18:43 Jarred Crous 18:50 - 18:58 Joshua Steyn18:58 - 19:03 Marlies Ross 19:03 - 19:10 Christopher Reid

Justine Macfarlane19:17 - 19:24 Team SA19:24 - 19:31 Marlies Ross 19:31 - 19:39 Team SA

18:30 Leandri Geel19:20 - 19:45 Taylon Bieldt

HockeyYouth Olympic Sports Park

Hockey Field 19:30 Team SA

Sybrand Laurens

Women's Mountain Bike XCO Men's Mountain Bike XCO Men's 50m Butterfly - Heats - Men's 50m Butterfly - Heat 1Men's 200m Breaststroke - Heats - Men's 200m breaststroke - Heat 1

Event

Laoshan MTB Course

Zhongshan International Club

Jinniu Lake Sailing Venue

Men's Hockey Team A - Men's Hockey Team A Bangladesh VS South Africa

Qualification races for Men’s One Person Dinghy Qualification races for Women’s One Person Dinghy

Preparation Time 10m Air Rifle Men Junior 10m Air Rifle Men's Qualification 10m Air Rifle Men's Finals

Jumping Continental Team Round 2 - Team Round 2

Men's Individual Stroke Play Round 2 Women's Individual Stroke Play Round 2

Women's Discus Throw Qualifications - Women's Discus Throw QualificationWomen's 100m Hurdles Round 1 - Women's 100m Hurdles Round 1 - Heat 1

Women's 200m Freestyle - Heats - Women's 200m Freestyle - Heat 1Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Heats - Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Heat 1

Nanjing Sports Centre Stadium

Swimming Women's 200m Freestyle Final - Women's 200m Freestyle FinalMen's 50m Backstroke Victory Ceremony - Men's 50m Backstroke Victory CeremonyWomen's 100m Breaststroke Victory Ceremony - Women's 100m breaststroke Victory CeremonyMen's 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final - Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final

Men's 200m Breaststroke Final - Men's 200m breaststroke FinalMen's 50m Backstroke Final - Men's 50m Backstroke FinalWomen's 100m Breaststroke Final - Women's 100m breaststroke FinalMen's 200m Breaststroke Victory Ceremony - Men's 200m breaststroke Victory CeremonyMen's 50m Butterfly Semifinals - Men's 50m Butterfly Semifinal 1 and 2

Athletics

Nanjing Sports Centre Natatorium

Day 4 Schedule - 20 August 2014

Nanjing Sports Centre Natatorium

Women's 200m Freestyle Victory Ceremony - Women's 200m Freestyle Victory Ceremony Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Victory Ceremony

Swimming

Tennis

Shooting

Golf

Sailing

Fangshan Shooting Hall

Nanjing Sport Institude Tennis Academy

Cycling

10m Air Rifle Men's Victory Ceremony

Men's Singles Quarterfinals - Men's Singles QuarterfinalMen's Doubles Quarterfinals - Men's Doubles Quarterfinal

                             

 

 

 

NEWS  

 

SNYMAN GOES CLOSE FOR TEAM SA AT YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES

By Mark Etheridge

in Nanjing, China

Things have started looking up for Team South Africa at the Youth Olympic Games here on Tuesday.

Our sole judoka, Unelle Snyman had a realistic chance at a medal before finishing fourth, our swim team also secured a fourth place in the pool and our men's hockey side came back from the death to secure an epic victory.

And there were also fourth spots by both our cyclists in the BMX final.

Snyman won her quarter-final fight in the -78kg division before going down in the semi-final. She then went on to meet Spain's Sarah Rodrigues in the evening fight for bronze. In a scrappy fight she lost by virtue of picking up one more shido (penalty) than her opponent and that was the medal chance gone.

'She's a very good fighter,' said Snyman after her defeat. 'She was also much shorter than me which always makes it tough but on the plus side I have got some valuable extra experience on the mat here for future competitions.

'It was a good fight,' said coach Mark Desfountain. 'Tactics were a bit negative with lots of counter-gripping but I think if there'd been another good attack there would have been another shido and it would have been all square.

Judo is certainly part and parcel of the Snyman family. Her older brother Ruan-Tobie, was a silver medallist at the recent Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

In the pool, Josh Steyn secured SA's best position so far, missing the podium by one spot as he ended fourth.

He clocked 53.63sec in the 100m butterfly final. That was 0.69sec behind winner Zhuaho of China and 0.45sec off the podium.

In the girls' 100m breaststroke semi-final, Justine Macfarlane ended seventh with a 1:10.55 finish as Lithuanian ace Ruta Meliutyte cruised to victory in 1:07.83.

In another semi-final, Christopher Reid brought up the field in the 50m backstroke, with a time of 26.75 as Russia's Evgeny Rylov won in 25.42.

                             

 

 

The 4x100m freestyle relay final saw South Africa ending eighth in 3:28.86, +7.67 behind winners Great Britain.

Out at the impressive Olympic Sports Park, a venue that would have sports administrators the world over open-eyed at its sheer scale of facilities, cyclists Maia Rawlins and Alex Limberg both got fourth spot in the BMX event.

Rawlins was clocked at 37.351sec in the final, +2.713sec behind winner Domenica Azuero Gonzalaz of Ecuador.

Limberg was even closer to the podium. Twelfth in the road race time trial on the previous day, he was clocked at 31.772, +2.014 behind Netherlands winner Niek Kimmann.

They say the five-a-side version of hockey is an all-action lottery affair.

Well, the South African boys' side now know all about that after their Pool A match against Australia.

Five goals down and into the second of three periods, it looked down and out for South Africa as the boys from Down Under ran riot.

But a goal from Luke Schooling gave the SA side hope and the Aussies never scored again as further goals from Tevin Kok (2) and Ryan Crowe (2) pulled them level before Schooling sealed a memorable win with less than three minutes on the clock.

'Yes, it was pretty special,' said men's coach Neville Rothman. 'We let ourselves down to be 5-0 down but when we got one back things started changing.

'It was more a case of us making soft errors than them creating chances. We just had to take our own chances and make those final passes.

'Once we got to 5-3 the whole momentum of the match changed... it was crazy.'

Next up for South Africa are Bangladesh. 'It'll be great if we can beat them because then we've got a spot in the quarter-final,' said Stellenbosch based Rothman. 'It's Bangladesh's last game so they might be a bit tired and with not too much left to play for.'

Girls' action saw South Africa beat Fiji for their first win at the Games. After going down to Japan and Argentina they put eight past the Pacific Islanders, conceding just two.

Demi Harmse, Marizen Marais and Kristen Paton all got a brace apiece and there were also goals from Cheneal Raubenheimer and Chrissie Haupt.

Elsewhere the sole equestrian representative in the squad, Alexa Stais, was in action for the first time.

The Grade 12 Kyalami rider was part of the African continental team that ended fourth out of six teams on the first day of jumping.

'There are 30 horses with five reserves and they were allocated in a random draw on Thursday, said manager/coach Lorette Knowles-Taylor.

                             

 

 

'Alexa's horse is named Dominand, a Belgian-bred 11-year-old chestnut.

'When we got him he was a little stiff behind the saddle but he's had an injection and some physiotherapy and I think he'll go from strength to strength as the competition goes on.'

The team's tennis run came to an end when Cape Town's Lloyd Harris went out to Poland's Kamil Mjchrzak of Poland in straight sets, 6-2 6-0. Harris now heads to New York for the Junior US Open.

The team's two golfers were in first day action at the Zhongshan Int. Golf Club. African Youth Games champion Kyle McClatchie shot a first round 81 to lie 15 shots off the pace as Sweden's Marcus Kinhult lead with a round of 66.

In the girls' first round, Kaleigh Telfer shot an 82, 13 off the pace as a quartet of Italy, Chinese Taipei, Korea and Japan topped the leaderboard on 69.

Sailing saw Cape Town's Calvin Gibbs ending 15th and 23rd in races three and four of the One-person Dinghy events and Mossel Bay's Megan Robertson finished 30th in both her races.

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